# 1999 Mayo County Council election

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven 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 | 16 | +1 | 26,119 | 46.18 | |
| | Fine Gael | 13 | - | 23,414 | 41.39 | |
| | Labour | 1 | - | 1,021 | 1.81 | |
| | Independent | 1 | -1 | 4,814 | 8.51 | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | - | 56,564 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Annie Mae Reape* | 16.39 | 1,818 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Ernie Caffrey* | 15.68 | 1,629 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Weir | 11.36 | 1,260 | 1,288 | 1,369 | 1,430 | 1,541 | 1,644 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Molloy* | 10.87 | 1,206 | 1,235 | 1,287 | 1,353 | 1,381 | 1,385 | 1,386 |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Staunton* | 10.60 | 1,176 | 1,195 | 1,285 | 1,325 | 1,721 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Golden* | 9.63 | 1,069 | 1,094 | 1,118 | 1,217 | 1,504 | 1,531 | 1,545 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Donnell | 9.98 | 1,107 | 1,199 | 1,218 | 1,322 | 1,333 | 1,334 | 1,339 |
| | Fine Gael | Vinnie Munnelly | 7.99 | 886 | 893 | 906 | 964 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Clarke | 5.50 | 610 | 633 | 649 | | | | |
| | Independent | Bernard Flynn | 3.01 | 334 | 343 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,303 Valid: 11,095 (60.62%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,586 Turnout: 11,257 (61.50%) |||||||||||

### Ballinrobe

Ballinrobe - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Burke* | 21.73 | 1,218 | 1,289 | 1,460 | | |
| | Independent | Harry Walsh | 19.25 | 1,079 | 1,197 | 1,253 | 1,291 | 1,306 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mannion* | 17.90 | 1,003 | 1,134 | 1,296 | 1,322 | 1,365 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damien Ryan | 16.63 | 932 | 1,062 | 1,466 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nora Conroy | 12.79 | 717 | 894 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Hughes | 10.10 | 566 | | | | |
| | Green | Ben Ryan | 1.59 | 89 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,503 Valid: 8,332 (53.74%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,667 Turnout: 8,406 (54.22%) |||||||||

### Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Quinn* | 18.63 | 1,338 | 1,379 | 1,476 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Kilbane* | 16.05 | 1,153 | 1,159 | 1,164 | 1,448 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ian McAndrews | 14.09 | 1,012 | 1,033 | 1,112 | 1,114 | 1,126 | 1,127 | 1,194 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Coyle | 14.05 | 1,009 | 1,059 | 1,203 | 1,205 | 1,213 | 1,213 | 1,309 |
| | Independent | Michael Holmes | 10.99 | 789 | 801 | 843 | 933 | 938 | 944 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McNulty | 8.62 | 619 | 621 | 623 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Leneghan | 8.55 | 614 | 632 | 715 | 927 | 941 | 945 | 1,333 |
| | Independent | Paraic Cosgrove* | 6.25 | 449 | 480 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tony Mullarkey | 2.77 | 199 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,374 Valid: 7,182 (63.14%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,437 Turnout: 7,289 (64.08%) |||||||||||

### Castlebar

Castlebar - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Beverley Cooper Flynn TD* | 18.24 | 2,047 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Al McDonnell* | 11.82 | 1,326 | 1,404 | 1,439 | 1,489 | 1,530 | 1,721 | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Paddy Burke* | 11.66 | 1,309 | 1,337 | 1,360 | 1,375 | 1,562 | 1,688 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Bourke | 10.76 | 1,207 | 1,373 | 1,418 | 1,538 | 1,597 | 1,835 | |
| | Fine Gael | Henry Kenny* | 9.94 | 1,116 | 1,140 | 1,170 | 1,217 | 1,396 | 1,492 | 1,517 |
| | Labour | Johnny Mee* | 9.10 | 1,021 | 1,058 | 1,151 | 1,191 | 1,312 | 1,499 | 1,559 |
| | Fine Gael | John Devaney* | 7.78 | 873 | 881 | 897 | 1,080 | 1,126 | 1,149 | 1,160 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Iarla Duffy | 7.00 | 786 | 842 | 872 | 907 | 963 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eoin Garavan | 6.09 | 683 | 702 | 719 | 727 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Rowland | 4.52 | 507 | 522 | 538 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe McHale | 2.23 | 250 | 258 | | | | | |
| | Green | Dr. Lucille Ryan-O'Shea | 0.86 | 97 | 101 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,200 Valid: 11,222 (58.45%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,604 Turnout: 11,362 (59.18%) |||||||||||

### Claremorris

Claremorris - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Carty* | 25.26 | 1,758 | |
| | Independent | Richard Finn* | 20.49 | 1,426 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Cribbin | 19.40 | 1,350 | 1,442 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick McHugh* | 18.43 | 1,283 | 1,508 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Connolly | 16.42 | 1,143 | 1,191 |
| Electorate: 11,222 Valid: 6,960 (62.02%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,393 Turnout: 7,050 (62.82%) ||||||

### Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Maloney* | 20.65 | 1,430 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Flannery* | 19.20 | 1,330 | 1,620 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Murray | 18.12 | 1,255 | 1,301 | 1,311 | 1,327 |
| | Fine Gael | Joseph Mellett | 14.80 | 1,025 | 1,377 | 1,560 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Oliver* | 14.38 | 996 | 1,124 | 1,147 | 1,165 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean McEvoy* | 12.85 | 890 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,707 Valid: 6,926 (59.16%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,386 Turnout: 7,049 (60.21%) ||||||||

### Westport

Westport - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring TD* | 35.56 | 2,694 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Sweeney | 17.21 | 1,304 | 1,432 | 1,549 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Frank Chambers* | 18.12 | 1,171 | 1,278 | 1,445 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Adams | 14.03 | 1,063 | 1,337 | 1,604 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter McManamon | 8.65 | 655 | 1,073 | 1,277 |
| | Independent | Martin Keane | 5.98 | 453 | 665 | |
| | Green | Ann Crowley | 1.98 | 150 | 171 | |
| | Independent | Tom King | 1.12 | 85 | 103 | |
| Electorate: 11,248 Valid: 7,575 (67.35%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,516 Turnout: 7,668 (68.17%) |||||||