1994 Irish local elections

The 1994 Irish local elections for borough and town councillors and commissioners were held on Thursday, 9 June 1994.[fn 1] Elections to county and city councils had been held in 1991. The municipal elections were postponed in 1991 to allow passage of the Local Government Act, 1994, under which the boundaries of many towns were altered.[1] The same day saw the 1994 European Parliament election, Údarás na Gaeltachta election, and Dáil by-elections in Dublin South-Central and Mayo West.

Results

The total electorate was 429,431, from which 251,605 votes were cast, giving a turnout of 58.59%. There were 2,555 spoilt votes.

Party		First pref. votes	% FPV	Seats	% seats
	Fianna Fáil	83,580	33.56	273	36.69
	Fine Gael	48,871	19.62	174	23.39
	Labour Party	31,697	12.73	77	10.35
	Sinn Féin	9,865	3.96	24	3.23
	Progressive Democrats	8,077	3.24	18	2.42
	Democratic Left	6,264	2.52	11	1.48
	Green Party	2,807	1.13	6	0.81
	South Kerry Independent	531	0.21	1	0.13
	Workers' Party	456	0.18	1	0.13
	Natural Law	17	0.01	0	0
	Independent	56,885	22.84	159	21.37
Total		249,050	100.00	744	100.00

Details

Town	Council [fn 2]	Seats [fn 3]	FF	FG	Lab	SF	PD	DL	Green	Other
Clonmel	Borough	12	4	1	1		1			5
Drogheda	Borough	12	4	2	4					2
Kilkenny	Borough[fn 4]	12	5	3	2					2
Sligo	Borough	12	3	3	2	2				2
Wexford	Borough	12	4	2	3			1		2
Arklow	UD	9	3	1	2					3
Athlone	UD	9	4	2	1					2
Athy	UD	9	3	2	2	2
Ballina	UD	9	3	3						3
Ballinasloe	UD	9	4	4						1
Birr	UD	9	3	3		1				2
Bray	UD	12	5	1	2			4
Buncrana	UD	9	2	2		1				4
Bundoran	UD	9	3	1						5
Carlow	UD	9	4	2	2		1
Carrickmacross	UD	9	4	2						3[fn 5]
Carrick-on-Suir	UD	9	3	2	1	1	1			1
Cashel	UD	9	4	2	1	1				1
Castlebar	UD	9	3	3	1					2
Castleblayney	UD	9	4	2		1				2
Cavan	UD	9	5	3	1
Clonakilty	UD	9	4	1		1	1			2
Clones	UD	9	3	2		3				1
Cobh	UD	9	2	2	1	1				3
Dundalk	UD	12	4	4		1	1			2
Dungarvan	UD	9	2	1	3			1		2
Ennis	UD	9	4	2	1					2
Enniscorthy	UD	9	3	3						3
Fermoy	UD	9	4	2	1		1			1
Kells	UD	9	3	3	1					2
Killarney	UD	9	4	1	1					3[fn 6]
Kilrush	UD	9	3	2	1					3
Kinsale	UD	9	4	2	1					2
Letterkenny	UD	9	4	1	1					3
Listowel	UD	9	3	4		1				1
Longford	UD	9	4	3						2
Macroom	UD	9	4	3	1					1
Mallow	UD	9	3	2	1			2		1
Midleton	UD	9	3	2			1			3
Monaghan	UD	9	2	2		3				2
Naas	UD	9	3	1			1		1	3
Navan	UD	9	3	2	1	1		1		1
Nenagh	UD	9	4	1	2					2
New Ross	UD	9	3	1	2		1			2
Skibbereen	UD	9	2	2	1					4
Templemore	UD	9	2	4						3
Thurles	UD	9	3	4	1					1
Tipperary	UD	9	4	1	2					2
Tralee	UD	12	3[fn 7]	2[fn 7]	3	1			1	2
Trim	UD	9	4	1	2					2
Tullamore	UD	9	3	2	3					1
Westport	UD	9	4	4						1
Wicklow	UD	9	2	1	3					3
Youghal	UD	9	2	1		1			1	4
Ardee	Comm	9	3	1	1		2			2
Balbriggan	Comm	9	1	1	3				1	3
Ballybay	Comm	9	4	2		1				2
Ballyshannon	Comm	9	3	4						2
Bandon	Comm	9	5	3	1
Bantry	Comm	9	3	3						3
Belturbet	Comm	9	4	3						2
Boyle	Comm	9	4	3						2
Cootehill	Comm	9	5	4
Edenderry	Comm	9	4	1			1			3
Gorey	Comm	9	3	4	1					1
Granard	Comm	9	3	1						5
Greystones	Comm	9	2	2					1	4
Kilkee	Comm	9	5	3			1
Leixlip	Comm	9	3	1	1		1	2		1
Lismore	Comm	9	2	4	1					2
Loughrea	Comm	9	4	2			1			2
Mountmellick	Comm	9	6	3
Muine Bheag	Comm	9	5	2	2
Mullingar	Comm	9	3		4		1			1
Newbridge	Comm	9	4	2	1					2
Passage West	Comm	9	2	3	1				1	2
Port Laoise	Comm	9	6	2						1
Shannon	Comm	9	2	2	1	1				3
Tramore	Comm	9	3	2	1					3
Tuam	Comm	9	2	1	1		2			3

Footnotes

1. The Castlebar urban district council election was postponed to Saturday, 18 June 1994 due to the death of a candidate. There was no poll for Cootehill, as there were nine candidates for the nine town commissioners.
2. Borough corporation, urban district (UD) council, or town commissioners (Comm)
3. Total number of councillors or commissioners
4. Kilkenny has city status for ceremonial purposes; for administrative purposes it was a borough.
5. Includes one Workers' Party
6. Includes one South Kerry Independent Alliance
7. The Department of the Environment results document erroneously gives (p.115) 4 seats for Fianna Fáil and 3 for Fine Gael. The count summary (p.75) erroneously lists Norma Foley as Fine Gael. The count details (pp.74–75) correctly show Foley as Fianna Fáil, who won 3 seats, and that Fine Gael won 2 seats.

References

Sources

• Department of the Environment (1995). "Local elections, 1994" (PDF).

Citations

1. "Local Government Act, 1994, Section 17". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 13 April 2016.; "S.I. No. 114/1994 - Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations, 1994". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 14 April 2016.