1999 Kilkenny County Council election

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1999 Kilkenny County Council election
10 June 1999
All 26 seats to Kilkenny County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 11 1
Seat change 0 +1 -3
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control before election

Fine Gael
Labour Party

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil
Independents

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 0 14,216 43.46
Fine Gael 11 +1 10,855 33.18
Labour 1 -3 3,601 11.01
Independent 2 +2 2,055 6.28
Totals 26 0 32,714 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballyragget

Ballyragget - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh* 22.21 1,431          
Fine Gael Dan Brennan* 12.68 817 859 876 908 957 962
Labour Maurice Shortall 12.23 788 802 844 892 940 944
Fianna Fáil Pat Millea* 11.66 751 812 945 1,359    
Fianna Fáil Martin Carroll 11.61 748 756 965 1,087    
Fine Gael Catherine Connery 10.32 665 753 873 917 953 957
Fianna Fáil Brigid Murphy* 10.00 644 664        
Fianna Fáil Seán Warren 9.28 598 722 804      
Electorate: 10,997   Valid: 6,442 (58.58%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,074   Turnout: 6,547 (59.53%)  

Callan

Callan - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Fianna Fáil Liam Aylward TD 30.68 1,282  
Fianna Fáil James Brett* 25.59 1,069  
Fine Gael Tom Maher* 23.53 983 1,079
Fine Gael Philip Brennan 16.28 680 786
Green Phyllida Clarke 3.93 164 199
Electorate: 7,426   Valid: 4,178 (56.26%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,045   Turnout: 4,239 (57.08%)  

Kilkenny

Kilkenny - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Fianna Fáil John McGuinness TD* 19.41 1,678                
Fianna Fáil John Coonan 13.34 1,153                
Labour Joe Cody* 12.65 1,093                
Fine Gael Phil Hogan TD* 12.07 1,043 1,104              
Fine Gael Paul Cuddihy 9.27 801 852 861 867 869 928 979 991 1,150
Fianna Fáil Michael Lanigan, Jnr 9.00 778 1,041 1,066 1,071 1,072 1,114      
Fine Gael Pat Crotty 6.09 526 561 568 572 573 597 654 660 766
Independent Teresa Mullen 6.00 519 556 563 565 566 596 698 702 865
Labour Tony Patterson 4.81 416 473 480 483 489 545 625 634  
Fianna Fáil John Eardly 4.27 369 445 459 461 462 492      
Progressive Democrats John Murphy 3.09 267 284 287 288 288        
Electorate: 17,083   Valid: 8,643 (50.59%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,081   Turnout: 8,777 (51.38%)  

Piltown

Piltown - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Bobby Aylward* 16.79 1,105              
Fine Gael Dick Dowling* 13.69 901 916 936 962        
Fine Gael John Paul Phelan 10.91 718 734 757 771 777 831 850 910
Fianna Fáil Cora Long 10.58 696 726 731 745 746 782 811 968
Fine Gael Pat Dunphy 10.35 681 685 701 718 723 734 760 790
Fianna Fáil Ann Blackmore* 9.47 623 670 678 696 697 730 742 895
Labour Tomás Breathnach* 7.45 566 572 581 615 617 624 705 752
Fianna Fáil Tommy Knox 6.81 448 461 465 479 481 605 669  
Workers' Party Davy Walsh 4.09 269 272 276 313 316 325    
Fianna Fáil Richard Fitzgerald 4.09 269 292 300 306 307      
Green Afra Cronin 2.98 196 197 198          
Independent Peter McDonald 1.64 108 113            
Electorate: 12,251   Valid: 6,580 (53.71%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 941   Turnout: 6,692 (54.62%)  

Thomastown

Thomastown - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent Dixie Doyle 15.07 922 943 947 982 1,004 1,073    
Fianna Fáil Tom Brennan 11.46 701 709 713 766 776 971 987 1,032
Fine Gael Billy Ireland* 11.13 681 703 708 731 828 872 876 926
Fine Gael Andy Cotterell* 10.48 641 675 681 705 819 868 881 954
Fianna Fáil Joan Murphy 8.34 510 513 551 586 651 775 786 1,078
Independent Denis Coady 8.27 506 535 584 597 689 713 714  
Fianna Fáil Kevin Fennelly* 8.16 499 510 513 588 602      
Labour Michael O'Brien* 7.75 474 518 626 657 679 725 733 825
Fine Gael John Meaney 6.54 400 414 459 465        
Fianna Fáil Paddy Daly 4.69 287 304 306          
Labour Thomas Prendergast 4.32 264 275            
Green Kevin Knox 3.79 232              
Electorate: 10,825   Valid: 6,117 (56.51%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,020   Turnout: 6,212 (57.31%)