1999 Leitrim County Council election
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All 22 seats to Leitrim County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 8 2
Seat change +1 -1 +1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election

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An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 +1 7,020 43.21
Fine Gael 8 -1 6,761 41.61
Sinn Féin 2 +1 1,286 7.92
Independent 2 -1 895 5.51
Totals 22 0 16,247 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis 19.71 855          
Fine Gael Tommy McCartin* 16.57 719          
Fine Gael Damien Brennan* 14.27 619 638        
Fine Gael Gerry Reynolds 13.92 604 646        
Fianna Fáil J.J. Shortt* 11.92 517 577 597 605 611 621
Sinn Féin Liam McGirl* 11.78 511 567 593 606 608 615
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke 11.36 493 550 597 601 605 608
Independent Sean McBrien 0.48 21 22 28 29 30  
Electorate: 5,883   Valid: 4,339 (73.75%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 620   Turnout: 4,381 (74.47%)  

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Seán McGowan* 16.30 704              
Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan* 13.59 587 597 646          
Fianna Fáil Gerry McGee 8.32 558 576 603 616 620      
Fianna Fáil Sinead Guckian 11.28 488 502 516 517 564 648    
Independent Enda Stenson 9.84 425 435 480 488 550 651    
Fianna Fáil Liam McElgunn 9.35 404 406 417 417 495 560 577 597
Fine Gael T.P. Cox 8.31 359 384 400 404 435 545 561 571
Fine Gael Percy French 7.41 320 321 324 325 397      
Fine Gael Marese O'Brien 6.85 296 297 300 301        
Sinn Féin John Reynolds 4.14 179 184            
Electorate: 6,201   Valid: 4,320 (69.67%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 618   Turnout: 4,351 (70.17%)  

Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael John McTernan* 18.15 710          
Fine Gael Jim McPadden* 15.77 617 631 650 690    
Fianna Fáil Francis Gilmartin 11.78 461 462 495 512 512 611
Independent Gerry Dolan* 11.48 449 456 537 584 596 676
Fine Gael Enda McGloin 10.05 393 397 403 410 419 536
Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan* 9.87 386 393 435 592 600 668
Fianna Fáil Senator Paschal Mooney* 8.56 335 336 363 389 390  
Fianna Fáil Eugene O'Neill 8.15 319 339 354      
Sinn Féin Hugh Gallagher 6.19 242 245        
Electorate: 5,166   Valid: 3,912 (75.73%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 653   Turnout: 3,953 (76.52%)  

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Tony Ferguson* 18.49 679        
Fine Gael Frank Dolan* 14.16 520 523 572 626  
Fianna Fáil Aodh Flynn* 13.67 505 515 554 626  
Fine Gael Siobhán McGloin* 11.46 421 438 462 502 632
Sinn Féin Michael Colreavy 9.64 354 357 392 475 558
Fine Gael Francis White 9.50 349 352 381 425 483
Fianna Fáil Vincent Connolly 8.60 316 339 354 374  
Labour Gabriel McSharry 7.76 285 288 341    
Fine Gael Sean O'Donnell 6.72 247 248      
Electorate: 5,057   Valid: 3,673 (72.63%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 613   Turnout: 3,734 (73.84%)  

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