1991 Sligo County Council election

1991 Sligo County Council election
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All 25 seats on Sligo County Council
	Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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]

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-	11,858	44.43
	Fine Gael	11	+2	9,151	34.29
	Independent Socialist	1	-	1,456	5.46
	Independent	2	-1	2,642	9.90
	Labour	0	-1	894	3.35
Totals		25	-	26,689	100.00	—

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Tony McLoughlin*	12.4%	910	935
	Fine Gael	Tommy Lavin*	9.6%	703	717	743	768	851	879
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Conlon	9.5%	699	706	733	759	838	949
	Fine Gael	Leo Conlon*	9.4%	691	701	725	730	828	883
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon	9.3%	680	694	725	787	840	885
	Fine Gael	Gerry Murray	9.0%	663	669	683	790	831	850
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Deignan*	8.1%	595	602	615	642	716	776
	Fianna Fáil	John Sherlock*	7.8%	571	575	607	682	739	920
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carty*	7.5%	554	559	590	616	649
	Independent	Alfie Parke	6.6%	484	502	564	584
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Shannon*	5.1%	372	373	385
	Independent Socialist	John McCarrick	3.7%	271	307
	Labour	Catherine Masiacz	2%	150	274
Electorate: 10,555 Valid: 7,343 (69.57%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 918 Turnout: 7,393 (70.04%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Paul Conmy*	26.2%	1,102	951	985
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Conway*	18.6%	781	837	994
	Fine Gael	Mary Barrett	15.3%	643	773	931
	Fianna Fáil	Syl Mulligan*	14.5%	608	620	746	788	840
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Clarke	12.9%	541	563
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Healy	12.6%	531	571	667	735	769
Electorate: 5,920 Valid: 4,206 (71.05%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 842 Turnout: 4,236 (71.55%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Joe Leonard*	16.9%	952
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Jimmy Devins	13.3%	749	758	761	794	852	853	900	932	1,020
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Willie Farrell*	10.7%	605	609	620	629	705	707	728	810	836
	Fine Gael	Ita Fox*	10.1%	570	581	656	686	693	698	760	805	895
	Fianna Fáil	Felim O'Rourke	9.8%	549	557	562	588	628	628	660	674	728
	Independent	Michael Carroll	8.4%	475	484	518	543	580	582	666	721	956
	Labour	Stephen McDonagh	7.91	445	461	466	510	522	522	547	580
	Independent Socialist	John Harrison	5%	282	316	334	339	342	344	361
	Progressive Democrats	Hugh Slevin	4.6%	257	268	284	301	312	313
	Fianna Fáil	John Mulrooney*	4.3%	244	247	253	255
	Independent	Sheelagh Hanly	3.7%	206	209	212
	Fine Gael	Maureen Regan	3.1%	177	181
	Independent Socialist	Frank Dobbs	2.1%	117
Electorate: 9,182 Valid: 5,628 (61.29%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 939 Turnout: 5,678 (61.84%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Healy	20.1%	1,043
	Fine Gael	Jim McGarry	14.8%	769	795	801	834	873
	Independent Socialist	Declan Bree*	13.0%	675	697	787	811	875
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McManus*	9.7%	506	531	534	578	586	615	670	879
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	8.3%	431	441	442	457	478	490	580	637
	Fine Gael	Peter Henry*	8.3%	430	444	446	454	468	618	677	752
	Fianna Fáil	Roddy McGuinn	5.9%	307	345	345	388	410	437	493
	Labour	Tommy Higgins*	5.8%	299	305	310	315	334	373
	Fine Gael	Matt Lyons	5.1%	267	274	274	278	286
	Independent	Michael Gillen	3.7%	194	199	202	208
	Fianna Fáil	John Monaghan*	3.2%	168	189	190
	Independent Socialist	Pat Fallon	2.1%	111	113
Electorate: 8,247 Valid: 5,200 (63.05%) Spoilt: 45 Quota: 867 Turnout: 5,245 (63.60%)

Results by party

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Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Margaret Gormley*	25.7%	1,107
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan TD*	23.4%	1,009
	Fine Gael	Joe Cawley*	17.3%	747	824	872
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Colleary*	12.7%	547	576	637	708	826
	Fine Gael	Michael Fleming	12.2%	527	595	614	695	767
	Fianna Fáil	Peter McKeon	4.6%	199	261	275	283
	Independent	Denis O'Hara	4.1%	176	184	188
Electorate: 5,618 Valid: 4,312 (76.75%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 863 Turnout: 4,347 (77.38%)