The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.
Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1991 local elections, and a second tier in certain areas of boroughs, urban districts and towns, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1994 local elections. The elections had been scheduled for 1998, but were postponed.
Each local government area was divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) in which councillors were elected for a five-year term on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). During the period of office of these councils, local government throughout the state was restructured under the Local Government Act 2001.
Results Party Seats ± First Pref. Votes % FPv ±% 382+28552,03338.9+0.9 277+3399,12528.1+1.5 83−6153,19710.8+0.3 25−1241,3622.9-2.1 21+1349,1923.5+1.4 8−535,7422.5+0.1 4—7,0870.5-0.4 3–216,8470.5-3.1 2New5,3120.4New 1New1,4780.1New 1—1,3900.1-0.2 0New1,2520.1New 0New9040.1New 0New8810.1New 0New1290.0New 76−2164,55211.6+1.0 Total883—1,420,483100—
18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. In January 1999, Democratic Left merged with the Labour Party. One Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour since 1991.
County councils AuthorityFFFGLabGPSFPDOtherTotalDetailsCarlow 9 7 3 1 1 21DetailsCavan 13 9 2 1 25DetailsClare 18 9 1 4 32DetailsCork 19 21 4 1 3 48DetailsDonegal 14 8 1 6 29DetailsDún Laoghaire–Rathdown 10 8 6 1 3 28DetailsFingal 6 5 6 1 1 5 24DetailsGalway 16 9 2 3 30DetailsKerry 12 6 3 1 5 27DetailsKildare 9 5 5 2 4 25DetailsKilkenny 12 11 1 2 26DetailsLaois 14 10 1 25DetailsLeitrim 10 8 2 222DetailsLimerick 14 10 3 1 28DetailsLongford 8 10 1 2 21DetailsLouth 14 7 1 1 3 26DetailsMayo 16 13 1 1 31DetailsMeath 14 11 1 3 29DetailsMonaghan 8 6 620DetailsOffaly 9 7 1 4 21DetailsRoscommon 9 12 1 4 26DetailsSligo 9 11 2 1 2 25DetailsSouth Dublin 8 3 7 1 2 2 3 26DetailsNorth Tipperary 12 5 1 3 21DetailsSouth Tipperary 12 9 1 4 26DetailsWaterford 11 8 3 1 23DetailsWestmeath 12 6 523DetailsWexford 9 8 1 3 21DetailsWicklow 8 6 5 1 4 24Details
City councils AuthorityFFFGLabGPSFPDOtherTotalDetailsCork City1285112231DetailsDublin City209142403 52DetailsGalway City5420040 15DetailsLimerick City6530003 17DetailsWaterford City4320015 15Details
Borough and town councils PartySeats± 289+16 159-15 87+10 41+16 7-11 5-1 1-1 0-11 156-3
Borough councils
AuthorityOthersClonmel525Drogheda5133Kilkenny543Sligo4323Wexford32313Totals221211400011
Town councils Town Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats Green Party Workers Party of Ireland Others TotalArdee 3 2 2 1 1 9Arklow 4 1 4 9Athlone 5 2 2 9Athy 4 1 2 1 1 9Balbriggan 2 1 2 1 3 9Ballina 4 2 3 9Ballinasloe 3 2 4 9Ballybay 4 3 1 1 9Ballyshannon 3 3 3 9Bandon 4 3 2 9Bantry 4 3 1 1 9Belturbet 5 2 1 1 9Birr 3 3 1 2 9Boyle 2 2 2 3 9Bray 5 1 4 2 12Buncrana 3 3 1 2 9Bundoran 5 2 1 1 9Carlow 3 3 2 1 9Carrickmacross 5 2 1 1 9Carrick-on-Suir 3 1 2 1 2 9Cashel 3 2 1 3 9Castlebar 4 2 2 1 9Castleblayney 3 2 4 9Cavan 5 3 1 9Clonakilty 3 2 1 1 2 9Clones 3 2 3 2 9Cobh 3 1 2 1 2 9Cootehill 3 2 2 2 9Dundalk 5 1 2 1 3 12Dungarvan 1 2 4 2 9Edenderry 4 1 4 9Ennis 3 2 1 1 2 9Enniscorthy 4 2 1 2 9Fermoy 3 2 1 3 9Gorey 5 3 1 9Granard 3 2 1 3 9Greystones 2 2 1 4 9Kells 5 2 1 1 9Kilkee 4 3 1 9Killarney 3 1 1 4 9Kilrush 4 1 1 3 9Kinsale 4 2 1 2 9Leixlip 4 2 3 9Letterkenny 3 1 1 4 9Lismore 2 3 2 2 9Listowel 4 4 1 9Longford 3 3 1 2 9Loughrea 5 3 1 9Macroom 3 4 1 1 9Mallow 3 3 3 9Midleton 3 2 4 9Monaghan 3 1 4 1 9Mountmellick 6 1 2 9Muine Bheag 6 2 1 9Mullingar 3 1 4 1 9Naas 2 1 1 1 4 9Navan 4 2 1 2 9Nenagh 5 2 1 1 9Newbridge 5 2 2 9New Ross 5 1 1 1 1 9Passage West 3 3 1 1 1 9Portlaoise 5 2 1 1 9Shannon 3 2 2 2 9Skibbereen 2 2 2 3 9Templemore 4 3 2 9Thurles 4 2 2 1 9Tipperary 2 2 2 3 9Tralee 4 1 3 2 2 12Tramore 3 1 1 1 1 2 9Trim 3 1 1 4 9Tuam 2 2 1 1 3 9Tullamore 2 1 4 1 1 9Westport 4 4 1 9Wicklow 3 1 3 2 9Youghal 4 1 1 1 2 9
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