1991 Monaghan County Council election
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27 June 1991
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All 20 seats on Monaghan County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four 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]
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | -2 | 9,777 | 40.12% | ||
| Fine Gael | 7 | 0 | 7,981 | 32.75% | ||
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 3,396 | 13.94% | ||
| Independent | 3 | +2 | 2,964 | 12.16% | ||
| Totals | 20 | 0 | 24,367 | 100.00% | — | |
Results by local electoral area
Carrickmacross
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Bill Cotter TD* | 22.4% | 1,435 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally* | 18.7% | 1,198 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Rosaleen O'Hanlon* | 14.3% | 917 | 965 | 1,024 | 1,087 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Jones* | 12.6% | 808 | 1,031 | 1,041 | 1,092 | |||||
| Independent | Peter Murphy | 9.6% | 615 | 647 | 653 | 691 | 698 | 704 | 802 | 926 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Freeman | 8% | 515 | 532 | 556 | 584 | 591 | 596 | 659 | 873 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Meegan | 5.7% | 367 | 382 | 403 | 435 | 440 | 445 | 509 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Brian Meegan | 4.7% | 303 | 312 | 316 | 348 | 353 | 356 | |||
| Workers' Party | Francis O'Donoghue | 3.9% | 249 | 272 | 272 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,384 Valid: 6,407 (68.28%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,460 (68.84%) | |||||||||||
Castleblayney
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Francis O'Brien* | 19.1% | 1,105 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Arthur Carville* | 18.6% | 1,080 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Hughes* | 15.2% | 879 | 911 | 929 | 944 | 1,044 | |||
| Fine Gael | John F. Conlan* | 13.4% | 777 | 805 | 841 | 939 | 1,002 | |||
| Fine Gael | Adam Armstrong | 12.2% | 710 | 716 | 757 | 781 | 811 | 828 | 847 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Olivia Keenan | 10.3% | 598 | 650 | 661 | 714 | 797 | 836 | 852 | |
| Sinn Féin | Malachy Woods | 6.4% | 370 | 378 | 383 | 456 | ||||
| Independent | Talbot Duffy | 4.8% | 280 | 292 | 294 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,853 Valid: 5,799 (65.5%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 967 Turnout: 5,858 (65.87%) | ||||||||||
Clones
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Leonard TD* | 25.9% | 1,314 | |||
| Fine Gael | Hugh McElvaney* | 18.8% | 952 | 986 | 1,035 | |
| Independent | Walter Pringle | 18% | 913 | 938 | 1,037 | |
| Fine Gael | Seymour Crawford | 17.9% | 910 | 936 | 973 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor* | 14.4% | 732 | 755 | 832 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick McKenna* | 4.7% | 239 | 429 | ||
| Independent | Joseph Duffy | 0.2% | 12 | 13 | ||
| Electorate: 7,736 Valid: 5,072 (65.56%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 5,124 (66.24%) | ||||||
Monaghan
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhghin O Caolain* | 16.8% | 1,193 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patsy Treanor* | 15.9% | 1,127 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Willie McKenna* | 14.4% | 1,019 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Stephen McAree* | 12.7% | 899 | 905 | 921 | 978 | 1,269 | |
| Independent | Noel Maxwell | 12.4% | 877 | 882 | 887 | 925 | 969 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna | 11.3% | 798 | 942 | 953 | 1,003 | 1,017 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Matt Caulfield | 7% | 499 | 507 | 574 | 617 | 644 | |
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Hanrahan | 5.8% | 410 | 417 | 425 | 443 | ||
| Independent | Plunkett McKenna | 3.8% | 267 | 277 | 284 | |||
| Electorate: 11,830 Valid: 7,089 (59.92%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,013 Turnout: 7,166 (60.57%) | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ↑ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.