1991 Carlow County Council election

1991 Carlow County Council election
All 21 seats on Carlow County Council
	Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control before election; Fine Gael/Labour;	Council control after election ; Fine Gael/Labour;

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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[edit]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-1	6,767	39.4
	Fine Gael	7	-	5,312	30.9
	Labour	4	+1	4,002	23.3
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	436	2.54
	Independent	0	-1	670	3.9
Totals		21	-	17,187	100.0	—

Borris - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Michael Meaney*	29.2%	1,020
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Kinsella*	16.4%	575	636	741
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Walsh	15.5%	543	603	655	667
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle*	14.2%	498	577	596	808
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Murphy*	9.1%	317	361	446	493
	Fine Gael	Ciaran Redmond	7.9%	278	313	331
	Fianna Fáil	David Moore	7.6%	267	308
Electorate: 5,866 Valid: 3,498 (59.63%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 700 Turnout: 3,534 (60.25%)

Carlow - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	John Browne TD*	14.5%	756
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter*	10.7%	560	575	588	648	673
	Labour	Des Hurley	10.7%	557	558	563	592	707
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murnane*	10.4%	545	551	554	566	576	580	582	614	635	649	664
	Progressive Democrats	Walter Lacey	8.3%	436	439	451	475	499	513	516	542	595	696
	Fine Gael	Declan Alcock	7.9%	413	414	428	440	450	460	462	486	570	739
	Fianna Fáil	M.J. Nolan TD*	7.3%	379	389	395	406	413	414	416	489	524	563	578
	Fianna Fáil	Rody Kelly	6%	314	325	332	344	362	363	364	428	444	474	495
	Fine Gael	Patrick Governey*	4.9%	255	257	278	289	299	306	308	322
	Fine Gael	Sean Whelan	4.8%	253	261	275	275	289	301	308	336	407
	Fianna Fáil	Joe McDonald	4.7%	243	253	256	263	277	282	282
	Labour	Cecil Whelan	4.6%	238	242	245	257
	Independent	James Brady	3.8%	201	202	204
	Independent	Sean Prendergast	1.4%	73
Electorate: 10,567 Valid: 5,223 (49.43%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 653 Turnout: 5,265 (49.82%)

Muinebheag - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	John McNally*	21.7%	980
	Labour	Jim Townsend*	18.1%	818
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur McDonald	11%	496	568	581	589	614	631	713	851
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Nolan	9.5%	427	444	451	462	478	526	559	593	648
	Fine Gael	Mary McDonald*	8.7%	392	409	413	422	509	651	695	795
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Nevin*	6.8%	305	332	337	344	361	371	475	527	571
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Cullen	6.5%	292	306	312	314	321	330
	Independent	Denis Foley	5.9%	264	298	329	336	376	409	437
	Fine Gael	Ann Brennan	5.5%	246	250	252	273	311
	Fine Gael	Stephen Maher	5%	224	246	249	250
	Independent	John Curran	1.2%	56	74
	Independent	William Dillon	0.2%	9	12
Electorate: 7,033 Valid: 4,509 (64.11%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 752 Turnout: 4,551 (64.71%)

Tullow - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering*	17.3%	683	627	639	649	690	860
	Fianna Fáil	John Pender*	16.6%	656	658	687
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Toole	13.8%	548	551	552	553	558	680
	Fine Gael	Fred Hunter	11.3%	449	459	472	472	478	569	617
	Labour	Michael Hickey	9.8%	389	407	430	432	435	482	537
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur Kennedy*	9%	358	370	417	430	432	452	585
	Fine Gael	Brendan Brophy*	8%	317	323	327	330	335
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Condon	6.4%	252	285	340	344	346	368
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Ann Dunne	4.2%	165	186
	Independent	Bill Leonard	3.5%	140
Electorate: 6,338 Valid: 3,957 (62.43%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 660 Turnout: 4,015 (63.35%)

^ 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.
^ 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.