1991 South Tipperary County Council election
27 June 1991
All 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 9 4
Seat change -4 +1 +1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change +2
Map showing the area of South Tipperary County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to South Tipperary County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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 10 -4 13,553 37.83
Fine Gael 9 +1 10,281 28.70
Labour 4 +1 6,561 18.30
Independent 3 +2 3,886 10.90
Totals 26 - 35,823 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Cahir

Cahir - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Fine Gael Theresa Ahearn TD* 21.03% 1,334        
Fianna Fáil Senator Sean Byrne* 15.67% 994 1,029 1,106    
Fianna Fáil Con Donovan* 13.2% 837 863 892 901 979
Fianna Fáil Michael Anglim 12.72% 807 840 944 965 1,082
Fianna Fáil Mattie McGrath* 10.89% 691 714 787 799 851
Labour Ernest Alton 10.44% 662 686 745 748  
Fine Gael Sean Sampson* 9.44% 599 689 766 769 1,140
Progressive Democrats Tom Lonergan 6.61% 419 464      
Electorate: 9,103   Valid: 6,343 (69.68%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,058   Turnout: 6,403 (70.34%)  

    Cashel

    Cashel - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Fine Gael Jack Crowe* 19.4% 1,298                
    Fianna Fáil Senator Dr. Seán McCarthy* 18.34% 1,226                
    Fine Gael Tom Wood 9.53% 637 663 676 686 731 759 950 1,030 1,088
    Fine Gael Tom Hayes 7.85% 525 586 598 603 655 688 828 880 959
    Fianna Fáil Timmy Hammersley* 7.78% 520 543 569 585 618 729 761 958 1,258
    Fine Gael Maureen O'Donoghue 7.49% 501 509 560 568 588 617 642 720 794
    Fianna Fáil Josephine Quinlan 7.2% 481 502 518 529 542 588 613 688  
    Fine Gael Catherine McLoughlin 5.27% 352 367 371 375 451 466      
    Progressive Democrats John Bergin 4.8% 321 326 329 332          
    Fianna Fáil William McInerney 4.8% 320 326 368 405 444 556 580    
    Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy 4.65% 311 323 347 364 398        
    Sinn Féin Michael Browne 2.89% 193 199              
    Electorate: 9,963   Valid: 6,685 (67.1%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,115   Turnout: 6,733 (67.58%)  

      Clonmel

      Clonmel - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      WUA Seamus Healy 20.97% 1,582              
      Fianna Fáil Noel Davern TD* 14.13% 1,066 1,085 1,127 1,156 1,276      
      Fianna Fáil Tom Ambrose* 10.6% 796 807 830 847 972 1,017 1,130 1,271
      Independent Ted Boyle 9.52% 718 751 785 864 899 969 1,132 1,408
      Labour Sean Lyons* 7.12% 537 562 630 734 766 821 925 1,116
      Fine Gael Johnny Kehoe* 6.98% 527 530 549 560 568 740 811  
      Progressive Democrats Niall Dennehy 6.26% 472 489 510 535 556 621    
      Independent Brian O'Donnell 6% 452 621 644 700 724 761 835 874
      Fine Gael Dominic O'Hara 5.86% 442 447 466 479 486      
      Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy 4.69% 354 363 372 392        
      Labour Jimmy Keating 4.02% 303 323 368          
      Labour Mary-Ann Burke 3.92% 296 309            
      Electorate: 12,368   Valid: 7,545 (61%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,258   Turnout: 7,610 (61.53%)  

        Fethard

        Fethard - 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Fianna Fáil Ned Meagher* 17.7% 1,449              
        Labour Ned Brennan* 16.6% 1,360              
        Fine Gael John Holohan* 16.05% 1,314              
        Labour Denis Landy 9.63% 788 793 882 887 988 1,048 1,234  
        Fianna Fáil Denis Bourke* 8.25% 675 719 728 731 793 837 1,074 1,103
        Fine Gael Jimmy Hogan* 7.93% 649 657 673 744 821 919 1,037 1,065
        Fianna Fáil Dick Tobin* 7.67% 628 730 746 769 781 877 1,002 1,009
        Fianna Fáil Patsy Murphy 7.09% 580 617 623 628 712 750    
        Progressive Democrats Jack Murphy 4.58% 375 455 504 537 558      
        Independent Jack Lalor 4.5% 368 371 376 380        
        Electorate: 12,561   Valid: 8,186 (65.17%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,170   Turnout: 8,273 (65.86%)  

          Tipperary

          Tipperary - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Labour Michael Ferris TD* 25.84% 1,825            
          Fine Gael Brendan Griffin 11.86% 838 954 966 975 1,128 1,252  
          Fine Gael Michael Fitzgerald* 11.49% 812 880 885 974 1,070 1,150 1,181
          Fianna Fáil Michael Maguire* 11.48% 811 867 869 1,000 1,073 1,220  
          Independent Christy Kinahan 10.84% 766 872 904 918 936 1,080 1,106
          Fianna Fáil John Wallace 9.77% 690 750 764 862 915 1,023 1,040
          Labour Thady Byrnes 6.64% 469 652 674 682 732    
          Fine Gael P.J. Maher 8.12 6% 451 452 456      
          Fianna Fáil Dan O'Keeffe 4.86% 343 363 365        
          Workers' Party Peadar O'Donnell 1.17% 83 97          
          Electorate: 10,571   Valid: 7,064 (66.8%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 7,131 (67.46%)  

            References

            1. ↑ 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.
            2. ↑ 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.
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