1991 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

1991 Offaly County Council election
27 June 1991
All 21 seats to Offaly County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 6 1
Seat change -2 - +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change +1 -
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 -2 10,232 41.39%
Fine Gael 6 - 7,699 31.14%
Labour 1 +1 1,686 6.82%
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 1,015 4.11%
Independent 3 - 3,221 13.03%
Totals 21 - 24,722 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Birr
Birr- 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Tom EnrightTD* 15.5% 924 966 1,076          
Fianna Fáil Pat Moylan* 13.2% 789 823 898 908 1,010      
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen 12.4% 742 760 801 820 876 896 904 906
Fianna Fáil Seamus Loughnane* 11.4% 681 725 794 813 1,037      
Fianna Fáil Pat McLoughney 11% 658 689 732 740        
Fine Gael Joe Clear* 11% 657 678 749 759 873 896 904 907
Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley* 10.7% 635 688 796 812 999      
Sinn Féin John Carroll 9.6% 570 601            
Independent Neayvn Kavanagh 5.1% 304              
Electorate: 9,171   Valid: 5,960 (64.99%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 994   Turnout: 6,001 (65.43%)

    Edenderry
    Edenderry - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Fine Gael Michael Fox* 15.6% 915 917 937 1,038        
    Independent James Flanagan* 13.6% 795 844 870 910 942 951 1,194 656
    Fianna Fáil Frank Weir 12.3% 718 718 791 806 894 898 920 926
    Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke 11.6% 681 701 713 733 746 752 904 982
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Scully* 11.6% 677 678 684 709 728 747 773 781
    Progressive Democrats Tom O'Connell 9.9% 579 597 608 642 660 673    
    Progressive Democrats Brigid Emerson 7.4% 436 438 506 541 675 685 832 867
    Fine Gael Jack Dunne 6.2% 361 363 388 425        
    Green Anthony Dolan 5.1% 299 305 333          
    Labour Sean Coughlan 4.9% 289 292            
    Independent William Brereton 1.9% 111              
    Electorate: 10,007   Valid: 5,861 (58.57%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 977   Turnout: 5,934 (59.3%)

      Ferbane
      Ferbane- 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 22.4% 1,183      
      Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 18.3% 966      
      Independent Johnny Butterfield* 15.7% 829 886    
      Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 12.8% 680 695 804 848
      Fine Gael Bernard Corcoran* 12.7% 673 840 1,061  
      Fianna Fáil Patrick Mahon* 10.3% 544 562 602 608
      Fine Gael Pat Troy 7.9% 417 460    
      Electorate: 8,914   Valid: 5,292 (59.37%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 883   Turnout: 5,347 (59.98%)

        Tullamore
        Tullamore - 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fianna Fáil Brian CowenTD* 15% 1,141                
        Fianna Fáil John Flanagan* 12.5% 953 965 981 994 1,018 1,072 1,113    
        Independent Thomas Dolan* 11.1% 844 860 875 879 902 926 950 966 1,013
        Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue 10.9% 830 854 855 882 913 946 1,057 1,118  
        Labour Pat Gallagher 9.5% 722 742 743 808 842 894 921 1,099  
        Fine Gael Frank Feery* 9.3% 708 712 719 722 724 737 798 810 848
        Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan* 9.3% 706 722 729 747 781 797 816 851 1,076
        Fianna Fáil Michael Lynam 5.3% 403 405 408 412 422 430 441 448  
        Fine Gael Kevin Wrafter 3.8% 289 298 299 304 309 310      
        Labour Laurence Byrne 3.3% 250 258 259 270 280        
        Labour Ernest McGuire 2.9% 223 232 233 265 292 360 368    
        Labour Seán O'Brien 2.7% 202 204 204            
        Independent Anne O'Toole 2.5% 193 207 207 219          
        Independent Peadar Keeley 1% 78                
        Independent May Keeley 0.5% 41                
        Independent Nellie Gaffney 0.3% 26 70              
        Electorate: 12,610   Valid: 7,609 (60.34%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 7,673 (60.85%)
          Preceded by
          1985 Offaly County Council election          		 Offaly County Council elections Succeeded by
          1999 Offaly County Council election
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