1991 Waterford Corporation election

1991 Waterford Corporation election
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All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 3 2 3
Seat change -2 -2 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change +1 +2 0
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election

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An election to Waterford City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 3 -2 3,165 19.01
Fine Gael 2 -2 2,220 13.34
Labour 3 +1 3,415 20.50
Workers' Party 3 +1 3,359 20.18
Progressive Democrats 2 +2 1,666 10.01
Independent 2 0 2,360 14.20
Totals 15 0 16,645 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Waterford No.1

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Waterford No.1 - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Pat Hayes 19.9% 997            
Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan* 13.4% 669 694 715 739 797 834  
Workers' Party Davy Walsh* 12.5% 625 658 670 742 828 843  
Fine Gael James Brett* 9.3% 463 472 479 486 493 515 537
Fianna Fáil Patrick Power* 9.2% 459 472 525 549 565 809 849
Progressive Democrats Senator Martin Cullen 8.4% 419 437 449 467 515 545 600
Progressive Democrats Billy McCarthy 6.2% 309 337 341 383 433 442  
Fianna Fáil Larry Dower 6% 299 305 367 380 401    
Independent Val White 5.7% 286 303 323 360      
Sinn Féin Noel Ryan 5.5% 273 281 288        
Fianna Fáil Joe Guilfoyle 4% 201 207          
Electorate: 7,945   Valid: 5,000 (62.93%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 834   Turnout: 5,055 (63.62%)  

Waterford No.2

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Waterford No.2 - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Davy Daniels* 21.5% 1,174            
Labour Liam Curham* 15.8% 862 916          
Fianna Fáil Brendan Kenneally TD* 13.2% 720 761 769 803 974    
Independent Stephen Rogers* 11% 597 662 694 769 829 991  
Progressive Democrats Brian Cunningham 10.6% 579 607 628 668 687 829 896
Workers' Party Olga Redmond 8.9% 484 501 527 580 597 676 691
Fine Gael Michael Lane 5.9% 319 335 407 446 466    
Fianna Fáil Frank King 5.2% 283 298 308 322      
Independent Brian Jones 4.7% 257 278 285        
Fine Gael George Power 3.2% 175 183          
Electorate: 9,189   Valid: 5,450 (59.31%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 909   Turnout: 5,489 (59.73%)  

Waterford No.3

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Waterford No.3 - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Brian O'Shea TD* 25.1% 1,556              
Workers' Party Paddy Gallagher* 17.5% 1,082              
Workers' Party Martin O'Regan* 12.7% 784 898 953 971 1,009 1,098    
Fine Gael Maurice Cummins 9.6% 594 699 720 724 760 798 801 885
Fianna Fáil Tom Browne* 7.8% 482 532 560 562 720 958 972 1,028
Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy 6.2% 386 410 420 421 483      
Workers' Party John Halligan 6.2% 384 461 498 515 536 552 561  
Progressive Democrats Michelle O'Neill 5.8% 359 432 468 473 511 561 581 698
Fianna Fáil Brian Swift* 5.4% 335 382 402 404        
Sinn Féin Denis O'Brien 3% 187 204            
Independent Paud Sweeney 0.7% 46 62            
Electorate: 10,360   Valid: 6,195 (59.8%)   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,252 (60.35%)  

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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