Roscommon County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 26 seats to Roscommon County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Independent
Seats won	11	10	5
Seat change	+3	-3	-

Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	+3	11,229	40.33%
	Fianna Fáil	10	-3	11,177	40.15%
	Independent	5	-	4,934	17.72%
Totals		26	-	27,840	100%	—

Athlone - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Michael Finneran*	31.4%	1,635
	Fine Gael	Senator Liam Naughten*	30.5%	1,586
	Fine Gael	Paddy Moore	16.2%	841	996	1,405
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Morris*	11.4%	592	857	904	980
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Faolain	10.6%	550	724	813	907
Electorate: 7,034 Valid: 5,204 (73.98%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 5,233 (74.40%)

Ballaghadreen - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Michael Scally	20.69	1,112
	Fine Gael	John Connor*	20.6%	839
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Lynch*	14.7%	599	672	743	795
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Dooney*	13.5%	550	630	690	803
	Independent	Dermot Allman	10.6%	430	484	552	652
	Independent	Tom McGarry*	7%	286	351	389
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Creighton	6.2%	252	277
Electorate: 5,583 Valid: 4,068 (62.04%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 815 Turnout: 4,098 (73.4%)

Boyle - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Kitty Duignan*	16.4%	813	985
	Independent	Paul Beirne	8.40	775	840
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hopkins	13.5%	671	733	802	844
	Fine Gael	Joseph O'Beirne	10.7%	529	543	587	599	726
	Fianna Fáil	Colm O'Donnell*	10.7%	529	537	545	649	814
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McQuaid*	9.2%	457	479	498	627	792
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Kelly	9.1%	452	452	454	519
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Clifford	7.4%	369	390	396
	Fine Gael	Michael Carty	7.4%	368
Electorate: 6,959 Valid: 4,963 (71.32%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 828 Turnout: 5,004 (71.91%)

Castlerea - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Michael McGreal*	19.8%	748	793
	Fine Gael	Tom Callaghan	15.9%	600	608	648	752
	Independent	Patrick Moylan*	15.5%	583	649	684	787
	Independent	Danny Burke	15.4%	579	598	644	756
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Waldron	10.1	382	432	570	623
	Independent	Paddy Concannon*	9.9%	372	381	410
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Satchwell	6.8%	257	300
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Sloyan	6.6%	250
Electorate: 5,175 Valid: 3,771 (72.87%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 755 Turnout: 3,805 (73.53%)

Roscommon - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Tom Foxe TD	22.01	1,232
	Independent	Eithne Quinn*	13.3%	677	890
	Fianna Fáil	Des Bruen*	12.%	608	656	746	799	923
	Fine Gael	Dominic Connolly	11.4%	578	607	654	745	765	767
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDermott	9.4%	476	506	538	575	664	719
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kilduff	8.7%	439	450	498	523
	Fine Gael	Gerry Donnelly	8.6%	436	450	493	604	784	802
	Fine Gael	Patrick Walshe*	6.5%	331	363	377
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Murray*	5.8%	295	304
Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%)

Strokestown- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Brian Mullooly*	18.9%	899	937	1,059
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy*	17.4%	827	928	1,014
	Fine Gael	Seán Beirne*	16.2%	773	881	970
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Crosby	15.9%	759	818	909
	Fine Gael	Noel Collins	12.9%	614	657	722
	Republican Sinn Féin	Dermot Mullooly	10.5%	500	525
	Fine Gael	Frank Curley	8.2%	390
Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%)

Preceded by Roscommon County Council election, 1985	Roscommon County Council elections	Succeeded by Roscommon County Council election, 1999

(1985 ←) Irish local elections, 1991 (1994 →)

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