Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Galway Corporation election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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← 1991 | 10 June 1999 | 2004 → |
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All 15 seats to Galway City Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Progressive Democrats | Fine Gael | Seats won | 5 | 4 | 4 | Seat change | +1 | - | - | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Labour | Independent | Seats won | 2 | 0 | Seat change | - | -1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Galway_City_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Galway_City_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Galway City Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Galway City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 5 | +1 | 5,156 | 30.10 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 4 | - | 3,753 | 21.91 | |
| Fine Gael | 4 | - | 3,181 | 18.57 | |
| Labour | 2 | - | 2,082 | 12.16 | |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 2,247 | 13.12 | |
Totals | 15 | - | 16,419 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Galway No.1
Galway No.1 - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Fine Gael | Pádraic McCormack TD* | 12.30 | 934 | 944 | 960 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy* | 11.65 | 884 | 901 | 907 | 909 | 994 | | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Declan McDonnell* | 11.00 | 835 | 843 | 849 | 850 | 860 | 882 | 884 | 898 | 933 | 979 | | | |
| Labour | Tom Costello* | 8.40 | 638 | 655 | 773 | 775 | 788 | 818 | 819 | 872 | 935 | 1,029 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Terry O'Flaherty | 7.18 | 545 | 560 | 570 | 571 | 593 | 632 | 636 | 657 | 711 | 757 | 771 | 782 | 968 |
| Fianna Fáil | Val Hanley | 6.82 | 518 | 527 | 528 | 528 | 555 | 574 | 594 | 610 | 637 | 716 | 726 | 733 | 805 |
| Progressive Democrats | Gary Creaven | 6.24 | 474 | 480 | 488 | 488 | 496 | 511 | 513 | 547 | 562 | 591 | 597 | 603 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Johanna Downes | 5.61 | 426 | 429 | 437 | 438 | 456 | 469 | 483 | 565 | 592 | 614 | 625 | 627 | 677 |
| Fine Gael | Senator Fintan Coogan* | 4.56 | 346 | 358 | 364 | 365 | 384 | 458 | 459 | 498 | 546 | 596 | 604 | 605 | 751 |
| Independent | Jimmy Cahill | 5.15 | 391 | 414 | 423 | 424 | 428 | 440 | 440 | 463 | 526 | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Rowland | 4.51 | 342 | 354 | 361 | 361 | 362 | 370 | 370 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Damien Carrick | 4.43 | 336 | 352 | 361 | 362 | 365 | 385 | 386 | 418 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Niall McNelis | 3.74 | 284 | 295 | 303 | 304 | 313 | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Henry O'Connor* | 3.00 | 228 | 232 | 235 | 235 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Kieran Duffy | 2.91 | 221 | 229 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Desmond O'Dowd | 1.84 | 140 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Natural Law | Paul Campbell | 0.65 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 17,822 Valid: 7,591 (42.59%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 949 Turnout: 7,707 (43.24%) |
Galway No.2
Galway No.2 - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michéal Ó hUiginn* | 15.81 | 649 | 659 | 679 | 712 | 737 | 789 | 820 | 826 |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Quinn | 14.86 | 610 | 625 | 637 | 663 | 682 | 700 | 721 | 733 |
| Fine Gael | Angela Lupton* | 8.99 | 588 | 601 | 607 | 643 | 668 | 694 | 746 | 772 |
| Labour | Catherine Connolly | 11.14 | 457 | 486 | 502 | 524 | 678 | 758 | 924 | |
| Independent | Paddy Lally* | 9.48 | 389 | 419 | 440 | 463 | 494 | 570 | 653 | 712 |
| Green | Pat Fitzpatrick | 7.12 | 292 | 322 | 352 | 375 | 384 | 428 | | |
| Independent | Mike Egan | 6.75 | 277 | 294 | 324 | 350 | 373 | | | |
| Labour | Joe Naughton | 6.46 | 265 | 275 | 286 | 302 | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Antoinette Flynn | 5.24 | 215 | 225 | 232 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Vincent Forde | 4.51 | 185 | 190 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Aidan Berry | 4.31 | 177 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,668 Valid: 4,104 (42.45%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 821 Turnout: 4,169 (43.12%) |
Galway No.3
Galway No.3 - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Margaret Cox* | 12.47 | 1,007 | 1,020 | 1,035 | 1,076 | 1,102 | 1,208 | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Donal Lyons* | 17.56 | 1,007 | 1,010 | 1,032 | 1,035 | 1,053 | 1,095 | 1,099 | 1,123 | 1,229 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Paul Colleran | 11.80 | 677 | 686 | 691 | 703 | 727 | 742 | 748 | 788 | 815 | 831 | 893 | 1,008 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Coughlan | 9.96 | 571 | 575 | 579 | 585 | 592 | 646 | 687 | 695 | 740 | 755 | 801 | 865 |
| Fine Gael | John Mulholland* | 9.83 | 564 | 580 | 586 | 614 | 623 | 643 | 648 | 670 | 689 | 702 | 893 | 1,015 |
| Fine Gael | Bernard O'Farrell | 5.21 | 299 | 301 | 304 | 342 | 348 | 363 | 363 | 379 | 411 | 424 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eileen Tighe | 6.24 | 263 | 274 | 283 | 283 | 286 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Pat Maher | 4.48 | 257 | 270 | 290 | 292 | 314 | 323 | 325 | 346 | | | | |
| Labour | Marc O Riain | 4.43 | 254 | 257 | 260 | 270 | 326 | 336 | 337 | 488 | 522 | 530 | 579 | |
| Labour | Derrick Hambleton | 4.31 | 247 | 248 | 254 | 266 | 317 | 322 | 323 | | | | | |
| Green | Fintan Convery | 4.05 | 232 | 239 | 242 | 246 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Peter O'Neill | 2.89 | 166 | 167 | 167 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Prendergast | 1.67 | 96 | 99 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Eileen Manning | 1.66 | 95 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 12,505 Valid: 5,735 (45.86%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 5,805 (46.82%) |
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]