Monaghan County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 20 seats to Monaghan County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Sinn Féin
Seats won	8	6	6
Seat change	-	-1	+4

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	0
Seat change	-3

Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	-	10,369	38.54
	Fine Gael	6	-1	7,018	26.09
	Sinn Féin	6	+4	6,709	24.94
	Independent	0	-3	1,915	7.12
Totals		20	-	26,901	100%	—

Carrickmacross - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig McNally*	25.33	1,642
	Sinn Féin	Noel Keelan	16.09	1,043	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Shane O'Hanlon	13.90	901	1,090
	Fine Gael	Helen Duffy	12.17	789	830	903	945
	Fianna Fáil	Rosaleen O'Hanlon*	12.02	779	943	1,274
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murray	11.48	744	778	918	981
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Freeman	9.01	584	664
Electorate: 10,045 Valid: 6,482 (71.42%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,081 Turnout: 6,619 (73.17%)

Castleblayney- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Francis O'Brien*	20.67	1,361
	Fine Gael	Gary Carville	16.07	1,058	1,082	1,176
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Crowe	16.00	1,053	1,075	1,137
	Fine Gael	Owen Bannigan	13.06	860	926	967	990	1,393
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Hughes*	11.56	761	806	833	849	915	974
	Fine Gael	Adam Armstrong	9.14	602	609	643	657
	Fianna Fáil	Olivia Keenan*	8.52	561	653	692	717	756	797
	Green Party	Liam Murtagh	4.97	327	334
Electorate: 9,905 Valid: 6,583 (66.46%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 6,692 (67.56%)

Clones - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney*	19.61	1,103	1,129
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Ann Leonard	16.85	948	1,016	1,452
	Fine Gael	Seymour CrawfordTD*	16.59	933	946	1,018	1,113
	Independent	Walter Pringle*	14.10	793	815	864	916
	Fianna Fáil	Benny Kieran	11.80	664	721
	Sinn Féin	Brian MacUaid	11.52	648	957	1,033	1,103
	Sinn Féin	Sheila McKenna	9.53	536
Electorate: 8,271 Valid: 5,625 (68.01%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: 5,720 (69.16%)

Monaghan - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghin O CaolainTD*	22.30	1,831
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Treanor*	11.52	946	1,011	1,021	1,040	1,076	1,130	1,189
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKenna*	11.24	923	1,132	1,141	1,150	1,175
	Independent	Noel Maxwell*	8.77	720	731	753	764	801	829	869	915	924	929
	Fianna Fáil	Willie McKenna*	8.35	686	720	733	749	768	836	884	1,162	1,185
	Sinn Féin	Brenda McAnespie	8.22	675	908	920	948	965	1,061	1,084	1,220
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent McQuaid	6.53	536	557	564	575	605	680	708
	Fine Gael	Pat McKenna	5.99	492	500	513	528	558	587	867	927	941	951
	Fine Gael	Tommy Myles	7.66	437	456	467	490	507	558
	Independent	Plunkett McKenna	4.90	402	420	433	457	484
	Christian Solidarity	Gene Flood	2.69	221	231	247	260
	Labour Party	Ursula Dinkin	2.14	176	197	226
	Green Party	Denis Higgins	2.02	166	174
Electorate: 13,572 Valid: 8,211 (60.50%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 1,174 Turnout: 8,356 (61.57%)

Preceded by Monaghan County Council election, 1991	Monaghan County Council elections	Succeeded by Monaghan County Council election, 2004

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