1999 Roscommon County Council election

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 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Roscommon County Council election
10 June 1999
All 26 seats to Roscommon County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats
Seats won 12 9 1
Seat change +1 -1 +1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 4
Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 12 +1 11,134 38.95%
Fianna Fáil 9 -1 10,529 36.83%
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 771 2.69%
Independent 4 -1 5,846 20.45%
Totals 26 - 28,586 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone
Athlone - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Fianna Fáil Senator Michael Finneran* 26.28 1,462            
Fine Gael Denis NaughtenTD* 23.91 1,330            
Fine Gael Ollie Moore 9.44 525 618 735 796 857 1,083  
Fianna Fáil Anthony Geraghty 8.61 479 602 623 652 749 916 953
Fianna Fáil John Curran 8.27 460 583 652 681 707 789 809
Fine Gael John Dooley 7.71 429 447 543 555 635    
Independent Eugene Costello 7.05 392 492 541 584 651 711 771
Independent Tony Ward 5.88 327 366 389 402      
Independent Tom Naughton 2.86 159 197 224        
Electorate: 8,441   Valid: 5,563 (65.90%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 928   Turnout: 5,616 (66.53%)

    Ballaghadreen
    Ballaghadreen - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Fine Gael Senator John Connor* 25.90 1,034    
    Fine Gael Michael Scally* 20.69 826    
    Fianna Fáil Paddy McGarry 16.03 640 668 801
    Progressive Democrats Hugh Lynn 14.63 584 665 763
    Fianna Fáil Paul Lynch* 14.38 574 600 690
    Fianna Fáil John Mulvihil 8.39 335 435  
    Electorate: 6,436   Valid: 3,993 (62.04%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 799   Turnout: 4,052 (62.96%)

      Boyle
      Boyle - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fine Gael Frank Feighan 19.82 1,090                
      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%)

        Castlerea
        Castlerea - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        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%)

          Roscommon
          Roscommon - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          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%)

            Strokestown
            Strokestown- 4 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            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%)
              Preceded by
              1991 Roscommon County Council election              		 Roscommon County Council elections Succeeded by
              2004 Roscommon County Council election
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