1991 Longford County Council election

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

1991 Longford County Council election
27 June 1991
All 21 seats to Longford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Republican Sinn Féin
Seats won 9 8 1
Seat change - -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Sinn Féin
Seats won 3 0
Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 - 5,391 37.32%
Fine Gael 8 -1 5,544 38.37%
Republican Sinn Féin 1 +1 536 3.71%
Independent 3 +1 2,158 14.94%
Sinn Féin 0 -1 - -
Totals 21 - 14,447 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Ballinalee
Ballinalee - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle* 30.5% 719    
Fianna Fáil Michael Doherty* 30% 709    
Fine Gael Victor Kiernan 21.5% 508 567 655
Fine Gael Sean MacEoin 18% 424 493 523
Electorate: 3,294   Valid: 2,360 (71.65%)   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 591   Turnout: 2,383 (72.34%)

    Ballymahon
    Ballymahon - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Fine Gael James Bannon* 22.3% 1,060            
    Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 15.6% 741            
    Fine Gael Louis BeltonTD* 13.9% 660 840          
    Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 12.9% 612 623 668 669 693    
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell* 7.2% 340 346 349 365 392 448 650
    Independent John Nolan 6.8% 323 364 383 391 414 514 624
    Fine Gael Seán Farrell 6.4% 306 347 391 395 453 509 528
    Fianna Fáil Tony Carthy 6.1% 290 358 372 393 395 426  
    Independent Michael Brennan* 5.1% 241 270 297 309 341    
    Independent Declan Gilmore 3.6% 173 178 181        
    Electorate: 6,361   Valid: 4,746 (74.61%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 679   Turnout: 4,780 (75.15%)

      Drumlish
      Drumlish - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2
      Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 29% 656  
      Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 26% 588  
      Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch* 23.7% 536 585
      Fianna Fáil Claire Brady-Casey 21.2% 480 521
      Electorate: 3,072   Valid: 2,260 (73.57%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 566   Turnout: 2,298 (74.8%)

        Granard
        Granard - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1
        Fianna Fáil Fintan Flood* 0
        Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* 0
        Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch* 0
        Electorate: 3,017   Valid: 0   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 0   Turnout: 0

          Longford
          Longford- 6 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
          Independent Mae Sexton 17.4% 740            
          Fianna Fáil Peter Kelly* 16.2% 690            
          Fine Gael Philo Kelly 12.5% 532 571 580 610      
          Independent Peter Murphy* 10% 426 444 451 463 494 530 567
          Fine Gael Seamus Finnan* 7.7% 330 337 341 383 398 420 588
          Fianna Fáil Michael Nevin 7% 299 310 326 350 413 538 586
          Fine Gael Peter Clarke* 6.5% 278 290 297 325 354 404  
          Fianna Fáil Brendan McDermott 6.4% 274 295 301 314 369 412 473
          Fianna Fáil Noel McGeeney* 6.1% 261 268 294 303 332    
          Independent Christy Warnock 6% 255 267 270 280      
          Fine Gael Jimmy Kane 4.2% 178 181 183        
          Electorate: 6,475   Valid: 4,263 (65.84%)   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 610   Turnout: 4,292 (66.29%)
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            Preceded by
            1985 Longford County Council election            		 Longford County Council elections Succeeded by
            1999 Longford County Council election
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