# 1999 South Dublin County Council election

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 | 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 | Totals | 26 | 0 | 54,339 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||||||||