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Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
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1999 Galway Corporation election
← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →
All 15 seats to Galway City Council
  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
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%)  

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Local elections in Galway City and County
Galway Corporation/City Council
Galway County Council
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