1991 Galway City Council election

An election to Galway City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1991 Galway City Council election
27 June 1991
All 15 seats to Galway City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats Fine Gael
Seats won 4 4 4
Seat change -2 +4 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Independent Workers' Party
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change +1 - -2
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 4 -2 4,645 27.37%
Progressive Democrats 4 +4 3,746 22.07%
Fine Gael 4 -1 3,437 20.25%
Labour 2 +1 2,242 13.21%
Independent 1 - 2,121 12.5%
Workers' Party 0 -2 484 2.85%
Totals 15 - 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Galway No.1
Galway No.1 - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Michael Leahy* 10.9% 825 828 842 853 876 1,028              
Progressive Democrats Declan McDonnell 10.4% 789 794 805 813 843 850 852 881 991        
Progressive Democrats Bridie O'Flaherty* 9.2% 698 704 723 742 774 787 789 822 971        
Fine Gael Fintan Coogan* 8% 604 611 622 633 699 732 735 795 843 858 865 896 1,005
Fine Gael Pádraic McCormackTD* 7.3% 556 562 569 579 646 654 655 674 716 722 726 762 816
Fianna Fáil Henry O'Connor 6.4% 485 489 502 507 528 598 621 646 659 664 666 936 1,008
Independent Brendan Smith 5.7% 433 435 467 483 498 507 508 551 586 588 591 611 683
Progressive Democrats Martin McHugh 5.5% 418 419 424 434 461 467 468 490          
Independent Pat McNamara* 5.5% 413 424 436 446 456 476 480 513 527 531 533 551  
Fianna Fáil Sean Nolan 5.1% 386 388 393 394 412 439 480 491 516 521 523    
Fianna Fáil Sean Fox 4.9% 374 374 380 386 395                
Labour Tom Costello 4.8% 360 362 385 513 542 561 562 683 713 720 724 752 827
Workers' Party Liz Hackett* 4.5% 340 342 367 406 415 434 434            
Fine Gael Mary Tierney 4.5% 340 341 348 360                  
Labour Ivan McPhillips 3.7% 279 282 292                    
Republican Sinn Féin Dave Joyce 2.9% 216 218                      
Independent Edward Manning 0.8% 58                        
Electorate: 15,295   Valid: 7,574 (49.52%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 947   Turnout: 7,655 (50.05%)

    Galway No.2
    Galway No.2 - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Progressive Democrats Martin Connolly* 15.9% 543 552 562 575 591 693 1,004    
    Fine Gael John Mulholland* 15.5% 527 537 569 599 729 807 909    
    Fianna Fáil Tom Cox 13.4% 455 461 485 534 551 637 654 735 762
    Fianna Fáil Tony O'Connor 13.3% 452 455 475 548 571 592 643 714 739
    Progressive Democrats Tom Burke 11.5% 393 397 424 451 474 519      
    Labour John Cunningham 9.5% 324 400 426 432 446        
    Fine Gael Michael Walsh 6.1% 207 210 227 235          
    Fianna Fáil Carmel Garrett 5.8% 199 202 218            
    Independent Eileen Manning 5.3% 179 188              
    Labour Noreen Robinson 3.7% 126                
    Electorate: 7,004   Valid: 3,405 (48.62%)   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 852   Turnout: 3,444 (49.17%)

      Galway No.3
      Galway No.3 - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Labour Michael D. HigginsTD* 15.7% 940 959 968 1,033                
      Fianna Fáil Michéal Ó hUiginn* 13.9% 832 837 868 879 880 961 989 1,026        
      Fine Gael Angela Lynch-Lupton* 10.1% 608 611 621 631 632 643 666 693 699 723 772 845
      Fine Gael Billy Lawless 9.9% 595 596 602 608 609 634 651 680 684 708 753 799
      Independent Paddy Lally* 9.2% 554 564 567 584 587 594 638 722 729 811 909 972
      Progressive Democrats Liam Madden 8.6% 513 514 518 519 520 541 568 584 586 615 657 906
      Progressive Democrats Donal Lyons 16.5% 392 393 397 398 399 406 467 480 481 505 528  
      Fianna Fáil John Byrne 5.4% 324 326 345 346 346 389 395 420 426 437    
      Independent Tom Browne 4.2% 252 259 260 269 272 276 283          
      Independent Aidan McCabe 3.9% 232 223 236 237 238 243            
      Labour Jim Mullarkey 3.6 213 223 226 253 275 280 293 313 314      
      Fianna Fáil Jim Doolan 3.4% 202 202 217 220 220              
      Workers' Party Michael Donnelly 2.4% 144 156 157                  
      Fianna Fáil Mary Lawless 1.9% 111 114                    
      Sinn Féin Mike Egan 1.3% 80                      
      Electorate: 12,664   Valid: 5,992 (47.32%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 999   Turnout: 6,040 (47.69%)
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