1991 Laois County Council election

An election to Laois County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1991 Laois County Council election

27 June 1991
All 25 seats to Laois County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 13 9 1 Seat change -1 - -   Party Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change +1 -
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	-1	11,454	49.33%
	Fine Gael	9	-	7,910	34.07%
	Labour	1	-	1,672	7.20%
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	944	4.07%
	Independent	1	-	1,239	5.34%
Totals		25	-	23,219	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Liam HylandTD*	18%	1,219
	Independent	Jimmy Kelly*	12.2%	828	856
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Phelan	11.1%	751	816	818	861
	Fine Gael	William Mansfield*	10.7%	728	749	751	819	826	898
	Labour	Larry Kavanagh	8.8%	594	617	618	630	631	729	735	844	917
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Rafter*	8%	539	590	591	629	633	638	638	726	754
	Fine Gael	Marty Phelan	7%	476	513	513	576	576	601	612	644	902
	Fine Gael	Stephen Murphy	6.11	411	425	425	433	433	455	487	496
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Fennelly	5.8%	392	446	447	447	451	457	457	555	624
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Phelan*	4.4%	299	365	366	376	377	412	413
	Fine Gael	Patrick McMahon*	4%	272	276	276	278	278
	Independent	Peter Loughman	3.9%	267	275	275
Electorate: 12,812   Valid: 7,814 (60.99%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 977   Turnout: 7,930 (61.90%)

Emo

Emo- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Cribbin*	27.7%	1,047
	Progressive Democrats	Cathy Honan	17.3%	652	725	896
	Fine Gael	Jim Buggie*	16.3%	616	624	750
	Fianna Fáil	Theresa Mulhare	15.3%	579	742	770
	Labour	Paddy Bray	13.5%	512	515	590
	Fine Gael	Sam Gee	6.5%	245	268
	Labour	Anthony Martin	3.4%	128	149
Electorate: 6,413   Valid: 3,779 (58.93%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 756   Turnout: 3,813 (59.29%)

Luggacurren

Luggacurren- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	James Cooney*	15.9%	600	629	758
	Fine Gael	John Moran	15.5%	585	661	693	843
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Rohan*	15.3%	575	581	626	663	667	679
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wheatley*	13%	491	538	631	674	678	690
	Fine Gael	James Daly	12.7%	478	552	575	742	822
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Redmond	9.8%	368	382
	Fine Gael	Senator Charles McDonald*	9.5%	358	394	431
	Labour	Tony O'Brien	7.9%	299
	Independent	Thomas McCormack	0.4%	16
Electorate: 5,972   Valid: 3,770 (63.13%)   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 755   Turnout: 3,805 (63.71%)

Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dunne*	30.5%	1,316
	Fine Gael	William Aird*	14.5%	625	684	685	698	741
	Fine Gael	Tom Keenan*	14.5%	624	686	688	711	747
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Jacob	7.3%	314	489	489	500	517	519	521	534	559	703
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Lodge*	7.1%	304	436	436	450	466	472	476	518	549	678
	Progressive Democrats	Assumpta Broomfield	6.8%	292	314	314	325	338	343	346	397	464	493
	Fianna Fáil	John Fitzgibbon	5.9%	254	331	331	338	341	341	342	350	373
	Fine Gael	Ger O'Donoghue	4.3%	187	198	198	205	221	233	246	267
	Labour	Tom Phelan	3.2%	139	151	151	178	184	186	188
	Fine Gael	Anthony Dunne	3%	129	150	152	165
	Independent	Joe McCormack	2.8%	120	145	149
	Independent	Joseph Bannan	0.2%	8	9
Electorate: 7,588   Valid: 4,312 (56.83%)   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 719   Turnout: 4,336 (57.14%)

Tinnahinch

Tinnahinch- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney*	26.6%	1,217
	Fine Gael	Michael Lalor	15.4%	704	719	725	872
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDonald*	14.6%	671	911
	Fine Gael	Charles FlanaganTD*	14.6%	670	761	780
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Digan*	11.3%	518	584	694	785
	Fine Gael	David Goodwin*	10.1	462	498	509	594
	Fine Gael	William Daly	7.4%	340	345	346
Electorate: 6,381   Valid: 4,582 (71.81%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 764   Turnout: 4,626 (72.5%)

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