1999 North Tipperary County Council election

1999 North Tipperary County Council election

10 June 1999
All 21 seats to North Tipperary County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 5 1 Seat change +1 -2 -1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 3 Seat change +2
Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	+1	14,639	47.27
	Fine Gael	5	-2	8,147	26.31
	Independent	3	+2	4,927	15.91
	Labour	1	-1	2,805	9.06
	Sinn Féin	0	0	450	1.45
Totals		21	0	30,968	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Borrisokane

Borrisokane - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Casey*	24.16	1,092	1,156
	Fine Gael	Louis McCormack	18.96	857	911	1,023	1,040	1,048
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy*	16.80	759	910	1,024	1,053	1,071
	Fianna Fáil	Tony McKenna*	16.42	742	838	1,176
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hough*	12.90	583	665
	Labour	Larry Dunne	10.75	486
Electorate: 6,701   Valid: 4,519 (67.44%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,130   Turnout: 4,563 (68.09%)

Nenagh

Nenagh - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Maire Hoctor	13.41	1,515
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Harrington*	10.23	1,156	1,180	1,182	1,239	1,285	1,337	1,498
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie (Coole) Ryan*	9.84	1,112	1,128	1,139	1,183	1,309	1,330	1,515
	Fine Gael	Tom Berkery	9.35	1,056	1,061	1,106	1,135	1,158	1,230	1,306
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll	8.64	976	988	992	1,056	1,069	1,178	1,360
	Independent	Martin Kennedy	8.33	941	942	1,033	1,041	1,236	1,265	1,357
	Fine Gael	Tom Ryan*	8.27	934	944	975	1,013	1,019	1,050	1,079
	Fianna Fáil	John Sheehy*	7.51	848	855	878	912	967	1,030
	Labour	Seán Creamer	6.85	774	777	783	805	814
	Labour	Senator Kathleen O'Meara	6.79	767	785	794	865	890	1,279	1,417
	Fianna Fáil	Cait Delahunty	4.56	515	517	536	545
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Hackett	3.98	450	454	456
	Fine Gael	Pat Vaughan	2.24	253	253
Electorate: 17,208   Valid: 11,297 (65.65%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,413   Turnout: 11,427 (66.41%)

Templemore

Templemore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Noel Coonan*	26.99	1,858
	Fine Gael	Denis Ryan*	13.82	951	1,105	1,210
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Mulrooney*	13.03	897	932	981	999	1,023
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Joe Hennessy	11.46	789	975	1,014	1,125	1,137
	Fianna Fáil	John Hogan	11.46	789	865	890	1,120	1,121
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Smith*	11.13	766	838	862	938	963
	Fine Gael	Willie Kennedy	7.42	511	665	712
	Labour	Anne Keegan	4.68	322	355
Electorate: 11,126   Valid: 6,883 (61.86%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 6,962 (62.57%)

Thurles

Thurles - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Michael Lowry TD*	35.94	3,049
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Ryan*	13.13	1,114	1,346
	Independent	Willie Kennedy*	11.04	937	1,525
	Fianna Fáil	John Egan*	10.33	876	959	988	1,013	1,045	1,163
	Fianna Fáil	John Hanafin*	10.24	869	1,085	1,132	1,173	1,224
	Fine Gael	Seán Cahill	5.83	495	694	765	785	824	932
	Fine Gael	Mae Quinn*	5.58	473	706	770	793	905	1,115
	Labour	John Kenehan	5.37	456	643	699	716	771
	Independent	Noel O'Dwyer	2.53	205	313	358	365
Electorate: 13,824   Valid: 8,484 (61.37%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 8,603 (62.23%)