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1999 Galway County Council election
An election to Galway County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.
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An election to Galway County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 16 | +2 | 26,703 | 45.06 | ||
| Fine Gael | 9 | -1 | 17,688 | 29.85 | ||
| Progressive Democrats | 2 | -2 | 3,567 | 6.02 | ||
| Independent | 3 | +1 | 9,499 | 16.03 | ||
| Totals | 30 | - | 59,262 | 100.00 | — |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Callanan* | 30.34 | 3,006 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Michael Mullins* | 14.88 | 1,474 | 1,669 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | James Joyce | 13.04 | 1,292 | 1,540 | 1,607 | 1,714 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tomás Mannion | 12.02 | 1,191 | 1,528 | 1,574 | 1,659 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Sullivan* | 9.55 | 946 | 1,277 | 1,376 | 1,737 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Finnerty* | 8.50 | 842 | 926 | 1,002 | 1,176 | |
| Independent | John Molloy | 7.80 | 773 | 850 | 938 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly | 3.88 | 384 | 466 | |||
| Electorate: 16,521 Valid: 9,908 (59.97%) Spoilt: 190 Quota: 1,652 Turnout: 10,098 (61.12%) |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Senator Jarlath McDonagh* | 23.09 | 1,924 | |||||
| Progressive Democrats | Noel Grealish | 16.70 | 1,357 | 1,444 | 1,517 | 1,779 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Hoade | 16.26 | 1,314 | 1,340 | 1,415 | 1,495 | 1,600 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Rabbitt | 19.78 | 1,247 | 1,284 | 1,433 | 1,848 | ||
| Fine Gael | Kathleen Carey | 13.30 | 1,108 | 1,176 | 1,195 | 1,385 | 1,461 | |
| Independent | Enda O'Rourke | 12.24 | 1,020 | 1,046 | 1,081 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Molloy | 4.34 | 362 | 375 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,503 Valid: 8,332 (53.74%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,667 Turnout: 8,406 (54.22%) |
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