# 1991 Longford County Council election

An election to Longford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | - | 5,391 | 37.32 | -8.86 |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 5,544 | 38.37 | +0.13 |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 536 | 3.71 | New |
| | Independent | 3 | +1 | 2,158 | 14.94 | +3.21 |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | -1 | - | - | -3.86 |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 14,447 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballinalee

Ballinalee - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Coyle* | 30.5% | 719 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Doherty* | 30% | 709 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Victor Kiernan | 21.5% | 508 | 567 | 655 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean MacEoin | 18% | 424 | 493 | 523 |
| Electorate: 3,294 Valid: 2,360 (71.65%) Spoilt: 23 Quota: 591 Turnout: 2,383 (72.34%) |||||||

### Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | James Bannon* | 22.3% | 1,060 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barney Steele* | 15.6% | 741 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Louis Belton TD* | 13.9% | 660 | 840 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Adrian Farrell* | 12.9% | 612 | 623 | 668 | 669 | 693 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Farrell* | 7.2% | 340 | 346 | 349 | 365 | 392 | 448 | 650 |
| | Independent | John Nolan | 6.8% | 323 | 364 | 383 | 391 | 414 | 514 | 624 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Farrell | 6.4% | 306 | 347 | 391 | 395 | 453 | 509 | 528 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Carthy | 6.1% | 290 | 358 | 372 | 393 | 395 | 426 | |
| | Independent | Michael Brennan* | 5.1% | 241 | 270 | 297 | 309 | 341 | | |
| | Independent | Declan Gilmore | 3.6% | 173 | 178 | 181 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,361 Valid: 4,746 (74.61%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 679 Turnout: 4,780 (75.15%) |||||||||||

### Drumlish

Drumlish - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Brady* | 29% | 656 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Luie McEntire* | 26% | 588 | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch* | 23.7% | 536 | 585 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Claire Brady-Casey | 21.2% | 480 | 521 |
| Electorate: 3,072 Valid: 2,260 (73.57%) Spoilt: 38 Quota: 566 Turnout: 2,298 (74.8%) ||||||

### Granard

Granard - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fintan Flood* | Unopposed | N/A |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Kilbride-Harkin* | Unopposed | N/A |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lynch* | Unopposed | N/A |
| Electorate: 3,017 Valid: 0 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 0 Turnout: 0 ||||

### Longford

Longford- 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Mae Sexton | 17.4% | 740 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Kelly* | 16.2% | 690 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Philo Kelly | 12.5% | 532 | 571 | 580 | 610 | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Murphy* | 10% | 426 | 444 | 451 | 463 | 494 | 530 | 567 |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Finnan* | 7.7% | 330 | 337 | 341 | 383 | 398 | 420 | 588 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Nevin | 7% | 299 | 310 | 326 | 350 | 413 | 538 | 586 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Clarke* | 6.5% | 278 | 290 | 297 | 325 | 354 | 404 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan McDermott | 6.4% | 274 | 295 | 301 | 314 | 369 | 412 | 473 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel McGeeney* | 6.1% | 261 | 268 | 294 | 303 | 332 | | |
| | Independent | Christy Warnock | 6% | 255 | 267 | 270 | 280 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jimmy Kane | 4.2% | 178 | 181 | 183 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,475 Valid: 4,263 (65.84%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 610 Turnout: 4,292 (66.29%) |||||||||||