Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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
Athlone
Ballaghadreen
Boyle
Boyle - 5 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Frank Feighan
|
19.82
|
1,090
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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Fine Gael
|
Charlie Hopkins*
|
12.16
|
669
|
682
|
692
|
699
|
705
|
727
|
821
|
854
|
887
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Kitty Duignan*
|
10.49
|
577
|
607
|
621
|
654
|
688
|
706
|
718
|
832
|
911
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Gerry Garvey
|
9.93
|
546
|
559
|
613
|
618
|
623
|
665
|
677
|
792
|
816
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
John Cummins
|
9.56
|
526
|
546
|
580
|
613
|
670
|
685
|
699
|
706
|
819
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Michael Gaffney
|
7.75
|
426
|
433
|
444
|
459
|
470
|
535
|
640
|
678
|
726
|
|
Independent
|
Paddy Mulvey
|
5.11
|
281
|
287
|
291
|
301
|
310
|
331
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Padraig McWeeney
|
5.00
|
275
|
276
|
299
|
300
|
307
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Paddy Mulvey
|
4.95
|
272
|
275
|
295
|
303
|
310
|
404
|
426
|
|
|
|
Labour
|
Tommy Egan
|
5.10
|
256
|
287
|
300
|
345
|
431
|
437
|
467
|
480
|
|
|
Independent
|
Francis Geelan
|
3.49
|
192
|
216
|
220
|
264
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Progressive Democrats
|
Gerard Tivnan
|
3.40
|
187
|
208
|
213
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Tommie Bourke
|
2.78
|
153
|
154
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Green
|
Vincent Beirne
|
2.38
|
50
|
53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 7,827 Valid: 5,500 (70.27%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 917 Turnout: 5,548 (70.88%)
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Castlerea
Castlerea - 3 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
|
|
Independent
|
Danny Burke*
|
28.83
|
927
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Michael McGreal*
|
27.19
|
874
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
John Murray*
|
20.34
|
654
|
702
|
728
|
780
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Breege Flanagan
|
14.06
|
452
|
514
|
718
|
736
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Seamus Sloyan
|
9.58
|
308
|
321
|
|
|
Electorate: 4,845 Valid: 3,215 (66.36%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 804 Turnout: 3,254 (67.14%)
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Roscommon
Roscommon - 5 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
|
|
Independent
|
Tom Foxe*
|
22.01
|
1,224
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Terry Leyden
|
16.15
|
898
|
946
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Des Bruen*
|
12.23
|
680
|
744
|
749
|
939
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Martin Connaughton*
|
11.56
|
643
|
670
|
673
|
698
|
931
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Paddy Kilduff
|
10.36
|
576
|
604
|
608
|
637
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Gerry Donnelly*
|
9.58
|
533
|
556
|
557
|
652
|
884
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Dominick Connolly*
|
9.51
|
529
|
576
|
578
|
733
|
792
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Brian Keenan
|
8.60
|
478
|
538
|
542
|
|
|
Electorate: 8,326 Valid: 5,561 (66.79%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 927 Turnout: 5,608 (67.36%)
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Strokestown
Strokestown - 4 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
|
|
Independent
|
Tom Crosby*
|
27.66
|
1,315
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Seán Beirne*
|
16.70
|
794
|
854
|
971
|
|
|
Independent
|
Gene Byrne*
|
16.26
|
757
|
813
|
858
|
970
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Eugene Murphy*
|
19.78
|
699
|
813
|
922
|
1,115
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
Gerry Thompson
|
10.69
|
508
|
551
|
559
|
622
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
John Quinn
|
9.15
|
435
|
458
|
469
|
|
|
Fine Gael
|
Mamie Gearty
|
5.17
|
246
|
314
|
|
|
Electorate: 6,573 Valid: 4,754 (70.12%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 951 Turnout: 4,796 (71.13%)
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