1999 South Dublin County Council election

1999 South Dublin County Council election

10 June 1999
All 26 seats to South Dublin County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael Seats won 8 7 3 Seat change +1 +3 -3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Progressive Democrats Sinn Féin Green Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change -2 +2 0   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Independent Workers' Party Seats won 3 0 Seat change +2 -3
Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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	8	+1	16,170	29.76
	Labour	7	+3	8,635	15.89
	Fine Gael	3	-3	8,667	15.95
	Progressive Democrats	2	-2	4,678	8.61
	Sinn Féin	2	+2	4,226	7.78
	Green	1	0	3,135	5.77
	Independent	3	+2	6,631	12.20
	Workers' Party	0	-3	806	1.48
Totals		26	0	54,339	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Senator Therese Ridge*	17.74	1,401
	Fianna Fáil	John Curran	14.86	1,174	1,183	1,188	1,194	1,211	1,225	1,359
	Progressive Democrats	Colm Tyndall*	14.85	1,173	1,195	1,198	1,214	1,254	1,275	1,350
	Independent	Colm McGrath*	12.80	1,011	1,023	1,032	1,056	1,098	1,126	1,191	1,362
	Labour	Robert Dowds	9.67	764	778	795	817	881	937	967	1,070
	Sinn Féin	John McCann	7.87	622	627	642	664	696	790	801	919
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor TD	6.94	611	617	618	628	635	669	721
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila O'Brien	4.77	377	382	387	394	397	401
	Workers' Party	Mick Finnegan	3.38	267	269	277	288	320
	Green	Ger Doherty	3.08	243	248	260	277
	Independent	James O'Connor	1.68	133	135	167
	Independent	Peter Greene	1.56	123	125
Electorate: 28,256   Valid: 7,899 (27.96%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,317   Turnout: 7,998 (28.31%)

Lucan

Lucan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Green	Paul Gogarty	14.73	1,238	1,287	1,425	1,485	1,722
	Labour	Joanna Tuffy	14.59	1,226	1,284	1,411	1,485	1,917
	Independent	Guss O'Connell*	14.36	1,207	1,224	1,285	1,328	1,412	1,473	1,483
	Independent	Derek Keating	13.24	1,113	1,138	1,216	1,264	1,427	1,531	1,563
	Fine Gael	Peter Brady*	12.49	1,050	1,098	1,161	1,261
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Doherty-Ryan	11.45	962	1,000	1,019	1,472	1,652	1,723
	Fianna Fáil	Finbarr Hanrahan*	9.25	777	805	829
	Workers' Party	Anne Finnegan	6.41	539	557
	Progressive Democrats	Rose Dunne	3.47	292
Electorate: 26,303   Valid: 8,404 (31.95%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,681   Turnout: 8,487 (32.27%)

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor*	16.84	1,521
	Sinn Féin	Mark Daly	14.34	1,295	1,308	1,360	1,404	1,440	1,501	1,504	1,506
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes TD*	13.01	1,175	1,179	1,230	1,464	1,549
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	8.34	753	765	803	813	826	876	877	879	928
	Labour	Eamonn Maloney	7.92	715	722	743	781	798	891	891	892	1,079	1,245
	Labour	Don Tipping*	8.37	666	674	703	737	793	906	925	927	1,129	1,406
	Labour	Denis Mackin	6.58	594	598	618	625	643	667	671	671
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Farrell*	5.97	539	550	576	596	833	909	925	933	1,027	1,166
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Somers	5.28	477	481	488	502
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Neville*	5.22	471	479	505	534	535
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	4.65	420	426	451
	Green	Mary Bowers	3.37	304	324
	Independent	Ray Kelly	1.12	101
Electorate: 29,354   Valid: 9,031 (30.77%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,506   Turnout: 9,140 (31.14%)

Tallaght Oldbawn

Tallaght Oldbawn - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	John Hannon*	18.72	1,638
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe	17.69	1,548
	Labour	Mick Billane*	13.27	1,161	1,165	1,184	1,213	1,251	1,297	1,343	1,389	1,488
	Labour	Pat Rabbitte	9.91	867	890	904	929	947	1,001	1,111	1,205	1,499
	Progressive Democrats	Catherine Quinn*	9.60	840	853	856	877	893	911	959	1,028	1,139
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Daly	9.24	809	866	877	893	957	1,059	1,088	1,138	1,213
	Fine Gael	Paul Ringland	5.51	482	497	501	509	516	527	578	786
	Fine Gael	Ian Mitchell	5.14	450	459	463	474	501	516	536
	Green	Patrick Quinn	3.55	311	326	336	364	380	396
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Godfrey	2.91	255	269	280	307	351
	Fianna Fáil	Joe McCormac	2.40	210	237	241	245
	Independent	Marie Hennessy	2.07	181	183	192
Electorate: 27,486   Valid: 8,752 (31.84%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,459   Turnout: 8,872 (32.28%)

Terenure-Rathfarnam

Terenure-Rathfarnam - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Ann Ormonde*	12.16	2,463	2,469	2,496	2,581
	Fine Gael	Stanley Laing*	11.55	2,340	2,348	2,486	2,508	2,512	2,534
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart	9.77	1,978	1,985	1,988	2,011	2,024	2,048	2,160	2,209	2,314	2,339	2,423	2,615
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane*	9.39	1,902	1,915	1,939	1,960	1,967	1,998	2,053	2,113	2,152	2,166	2,191	2,441
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Ardagh	8.45	1,711	1,714	1,719	1,727	1,731	1,752	2,094	2,117	2,206	2,213	2,228	2,290
	Independent	Sheila Donnelly	8.04	1,629	1,715	1,731	1,740	1,741	1,760	1,770	1,812	1,870	2,781
	Labour	Éamonn Walsh*	7.32	1,483	1,485	1,496	1,629	1,632	1,756	1,844	2,191	2,364	2,377	2,402	2,650
	Green	Andrew Shorten*	5.13	1,039	1,050	1,070	1,136	1,140	1,267	1,285	1,362	1,579	1,607	1,659	1,816
	Independent	Niall Murray	4.74	960	977	985	996	998	1,013	1,016	1,025	1,061
	Fine Gael	Jane Lehane	4.23	857	860	1,062	1,093	1,097	1,107	1,118	1,192	1,214	1,236	1,284
	Sinn Féin	Una Sloan	3.76	761	761	762	770	772	890	910	938
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Bohan	3.30	668	669	670	673	675	698
	Socialist Party	Lisa Maher	3.15	638	641	643	653	654
	Labour	Paddy Cosgrave	2.96	600	607	611	723	725	770	778
	Labour	Tom Rowan	2.76	559	561	582
	Fine Gael	Honor O'Connor	2.43	492	493
	Independent	Gerard Dolan	0.85	173
Electorate: 51,423   Valid: 20,253 (39.39%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 2,532   Turnout: 20,493 (39.85%)

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