Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
An election to Longford 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
Results by local electoral area
Ballymahon
Ballymahon - 6 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
|
|
Fine Gael
|
James Bannon*
|
22.31
|
1,211
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Barney Steele*
|
12.76
|
693
|
738
|
741
|
744
|
758
|
761
|
775
|
849
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Patrick Belton
|
11.73
|
637
|
798
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Adrian Farrell*
|
11.07
|
601
|
621
|
629
|
651
|
658
|
693
|
776
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Seán Farrell*
|
10.83
|
588
|
644
|
649
|
651
|
659
|
676
|
691
|
787
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
John Nolan*
|
6.47
|
351
|
394
|
396
|
402
|
413
|
427
|
460
|
534
|
560
|
632
|
|
Independent
|
Patrick Walsh
|
6.28
|
341
|
360
|
360
|
363
|
368
|
375
|
380
|
395
|
400
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Pat Farrell
|
5.18
|
281
|
338
|
339
|
343
|
349
|
355
|
373
|
431
|
451
|
507
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
John Kenny
|
5.14
|
279
|
293
|
294
|
297
|
304
|
320
|
369
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Pat O'Sullivan
|
3.78
|
205
|
206
|
206
|
207
|
210
|
240
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Tom Feeney
|
2.23
|
121
|
125
|
125
|
135
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Michael Brennan
|
1.23
|
67
|
79
|
81
|
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour
|
Michael Coffey
|
0.99
|
54
|
57
|
57
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Electorate: 7,379 Valid: 5,429 (73.57%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 776 Turnout: 5,492 (74.43%)
|
Drumlish
Drumlish - 3 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Luie McEntire*
|
32.00
|
736
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Gerry Brady*
|
28.26
|
650
|
|
|
|
Republican Sinn Féin
|
Seán Lynch*
|
14.10
|
478
|
532
|
579
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Benny Reid
|
18.96
|
436
|
542
|
569
|
Electorate: 3,358 Valid: 2,300 (68.49%) Spoilt: 15 Quota: 576 Turnout: 2,315 (69.94%)
|
Granard
Granard - 5 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Frank Kilbride
|
16.58
|
669
|
721
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Maura Kilbride-Harkin*
|
15.96
|
644
|
688
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Martin Farrell
|
14.75
|
595
|
607
|
719
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Jimmy Coyle*
|
13.41
|
541
|
577
|
718
|
|
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Independent
|
Noel Greene
|
11.95
|
482
|
490
|
514
|
527
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Brian Lynch*
|
11.03
|
445
|
544
|
629
|
651
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
John Doherty
|
8.70
|
351
|
395
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Fintan Flood*
|
7.63
|
308
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 5,808 Valid: 4,035 (69.47%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,103 (70.64%)
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Longford
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