1991 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1991 Waterford City Council election

27 June 1991
All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Seats won 3 2 3 Seat change -2 -2 +1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Workers' Party Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change +1 +2 -
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	3	-2	3,165	19.01%
	Fine Gael	2	-2	2,220	13.34%
	Labour Party	3	+1	3,415	20.5%
	Workers' Party	3	+1	3,359	20.18%
	Progressive Democrats	2	+2	1,666	10.01%
	Independent	2	-	2,360	14.2%
Totals		15	-	16,645	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Waterford No.1

Waterford No.1 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Pat Hayes	19.9%	997
	Fine Gael	Hilary Quinlan*	13.4%	669	694	715	739	797	834
	Workers' Party	Davy Walsh*	12.5%	625	658	670	742	828	843
	Fine Gael	James Brett*	9.3%	463	472	479	486	493	515	537
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Power*	9.2%	459	472	525	549	565	809	849
	Progressive Democrats	Senator Martin Cullen	8.4%	419	437	449	467	515	545	600
	Progressive Democrats	Billy McCarthy	6.2%	309	337	341	383	433	442
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Dower	6%	299	305	367	380	401
	Independent	Val White	5.7%	286	303	323	360
	Sinn Féin	Noel Ryan	5.5%	273	281	288
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Guilfoyle	4%	201	207
Electorate: 7,945   Valid: 5,000 (62.93%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 834   Turnout: 5,055 (63.62%)

Waterford No.2

Waterford No.2 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Davy Daniels*	21.5%	1,174
	Labour Party	Liam Curham*	15.8%	862	916
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan KenneallyTD*	13.2%	720	761	769	803	974
	Independent	Stephen Rogers*	11%	597	662	694	769	829	991
	Progressive Democrats	Brian Cunningham	10.6%	579	607	628	668	687	829	896
	Workers' Party	Olga Redmond	8.9%	484	501	527	580	597	676	691
	Fine Gael	Michael Lane	5.9%	319	335	407	446	466
	Fianna Fáil	Frank King	5.2%	283	298	308	322
	Independent	Brian Jones	4.7%	257	278	285
	Fine Gael	George Power	3.2%	175	183
Electorate: 9,189   Valid: 5,450 (59.31%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 909   Turnout: 5,489 (59.73%)

Waterford No.3

Waterford No.3 - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour Party	Brian O'SheaTD*	25.1%	1,556
	Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher*	17.5%	1,082
	Workers' Party	Martin O'Regan*	12.7%	784	898	953	971	1,009	1,098
	Fine Gael	Maurice Cummins	9.6%	594	699	720	724	760	798	801	885
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Browne*	7.8%	482	532	560	562	720	958	972	1,028
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Murphy	6.2%	386	410	420	421	483
	Workers' Party	John Halligan	6.2%	384	461	498	515	536	552	561
	Progressive Democrats	Michelle O'Neill	5.8%	359	432	468	473	511	561	581	698
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift*	5.4%	335	382	402	404
	Sinn Féin	Denis O'Brien	3%	187	204
	Independent	Paud Sweeney	0.7%	46	62
Electorate: 10,360   Valid: 6,195 (59.8%)   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,252 (60.35%)

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