# 1999 Longford County Council election

An election to Longford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | +2 | 7,146 | 41.26 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -1 | 7,392 | 42.68 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 717 | 4.14 | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | - | 478 | 2.76 | |
| | Independent | 1 | -2 | 1,533 | 8.85 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 17,320 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 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 |
| | Fine Gael | James Bannon* | 22.31 | 1,211 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barney Steele* | 12.76 | 693 | 738 | 741 | 744 | 758 | 761 | 775 | 849 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Belton | 11.73 | 637 | 798 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Adrian Farrell* | 11.07 | 601 | 621 | 629 | 651 | 658 | 693 | 776 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Farrell* | 10.83 | 588 | 644 | 649 | 651 | 659 | 676 | 691 | 787 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Nolan* | 6.47 | 351 | 394 | 396 | 402 | 413 | 427 | 460 | 534 | 560 | 632 |
| | Independent | Patrick Walsh | 6.28 | 341 | 360 | 360 | 363 | 368 | 375 | 380 | 395 | 400 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Farrell | 5.18 | 281 | 338 | 339 | 343 | 349 | 355 | 373 | 431 | 451 | 507 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Kenny | 5.14 | 279 | 293 | 294 | 297 | 304 | 320 | 369 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Sullivan | 3.78 | 205 | 206 | 206 | 207 | 210 | 240 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Feeney | 2.23 | 121 | 125 | 125 | 135 | 140 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Brennan | 1.23 | 67 | 79 | 81 | 82 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Coffey | 0.99 | 54 | 57 | 57 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,379 Valid: 5,429 (73.57%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 776 Turnout: 5,492 (74.43%) ||||||||||||||

### Drumlish

Drumlish - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Luie McEntire* | 32.00 | 736 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Brady* | 28.26 | 650 | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch* | 14.10 | 478 | 532 | 579 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Benny Reid | 18.96 | 436 | 542 | 569 |
| Electorate: 3,358 Valid: 2,300 (68.49%) Spoilt: 15 Quota: 576 Turnout: 2,315 (69.94%) |||||||

### Granard

Granard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Kilbride | 16.58 | 669 | 721 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Kilbride-Harkin* | 15.96 | 644 | 688 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Farrell | 14.75 | 595 | 607 | 719 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Coyle* | 13.41 | 541 | 577 | 718 | |
| | Independent | Noel Greene | 11.95 | 482 | 490 | 514 | 527 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lynch* | 11.03 | 445 | 544 | 629 | 651 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Doherty | 8.70 | 351 | 395 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fintan Flood* | 7.63 | 308 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,808 Valid: 4,035 (69.47%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,103 (70.64%) ||||||||

### Longford

Longford - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Glennon | 13.95 | 775 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Nevin* | 13.23 | 735 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Mitchell | 13.12 | 729 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mae Sexton* | 12.90 | 717 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Kelly* | 12.87 | 715 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Victor Kiernan* | 9.49 | 527 | 539 | 545 | 619 | 746 |
| | Independent | Peter Murphy* | 9.40 | 522 | 538 | 547 | 574 | 623 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Helen Quinn | 6.01 | 334 | 359 | 371 | 428 | 487 |
| | Fine Gael | Peggy Nolan | 5.31 | 295 | 309 | 317 | 337 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Conway | 3.73 | 207 | 220 | 225 | | |
| Electorate: 8,598 Valid: 5,556 (64.62%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 695 Turnout: 5,642 (65.62%) |||||||||