1991 Longford County Council election

1991 Longford County Council election
All 21 seats on Longford County Council
	Map showing the area of Longford County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Longford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[1]^[2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-	5,391	37.32	-8.86
	Fine Gael	8	-1	5,544	38.37	+0.13
	Republican Sinn Féin	1	+1	536	3.71	New
	Independent	3	+1	2,158	14.94	+3.21
	Sinn Féin	0	-1	-	-	-3.86
Totals		21	-	14,447	100.00	—

Ballinalee - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Coyle*	30.5%	719
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Doherty*	30%	709
	Fine Gael	Victor Kiernan	21.5%	508	567	655
	Fine Gael	Sean MacEoin	18%	424	493	523
Electorate: 3,294 Valid: 2,360 (71.65%) Spoilt: 23 Quota: 591 Turnout: 2,383 (72.34%)

Ballymahon - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	James Bannon*	22.3%	1,060
	Fianna Fáil	Barney Steele*	15.6%	741
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton TD*	13.9%	660	840
	Fine Gael	Adrian Farrell*	12.9%	612	623	668	669	693
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Farrell*	7.2%	340	346	349	365	392	448	650
	Independent	John Nolan	6.8%	323	364	383	391	414	514	624
	Fine Gael	Seán Farrell	6.4%	306	347	391	395	453	509	528
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Carthy	6.1%	290	358	372	393	395	426
	Independent	Michael Brennan*	5.1%	241	270	297	309	341
	Independent	Declan Gilmore	3.6%	173	178	181
Electorate: 6,361 Valid: 4,746 (74.61%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 679 Turnout: 4,780 (75.15%)

Drumlish - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Fine Gael	Gerry Brady*	29%	656
	Fianna Fáil	Luie McEntire*	26%	588
	Republican Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch*	23.7%	536	585
	Fianna Fáil	Claire Brady-Casey	21.2%	480	521
Electorate: 3,072 Valid: 2,260 (73.57%) Spoilt: 38 Quota: 566 Turnout: 2,298 (74.8%)

Granard - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Flood*	Unopposed	N/A
	Fine Gael	Maura Kilbride-Harkin*	Unopposed	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lynch*	Unopposed	N/A
Electorate: 3,017 Valid: 0 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 0 Turnout: 0

Longford- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Mae Sexton	17.4%	740
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly*	16.2%	690
	Fine Gael	Philo Kelly	12.5%	532	571	580	610
	Independent	Peter Murphy*	10%	426	444	451	463	494	530	567
	Fine Gael	Seamus Finnan*	7.7%	330	337	341	383	398	420	588
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Nevin	7%	299	310	326	350	413	538	586
	Fine Gael	Peter Clarke*	6.5%	278	290	297	325	354	404
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan McDermott	6.4%	274	295	301	314	369	412	473
	Fianna Fáil	Noel McGeeney*	6.1%	261	268	294	303	332
	Independent	Christy Warnock	6%	255	267	270	280
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Kane	4.2%	178	181	183
Electorate: 6,475 Valid: 4,263 (65.84%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 610 Turnout: 4,292 (66.29%)

^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.