# 1999 Leitrim County Council election

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 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% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | +1 | 7,020 | 43.21 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 6,761 | 41.61 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 1,286 | 7.92 | |
| | Independent | 2 | -1 | 895 | 5.51 | |
| Totals | Totals | 22 | 0 | 16,247 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Caillian Ellis | 19.71 | 855 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy McCartin* | 16.57 | 719 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien Brennan* | 14.27 | 619 | 638 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Reynolds | 13.92 | 604 | 646 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | J.J. Shortt* | 11.92 | 517 | 577 | 597 | 605 | 611 | 621 |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam McGirl* | 11.78 | 511 | 567 | 593 | 606 | 608 | 615 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Rourke | 11.36 | 493 | 550 | 597 | 601 | 605 | 608 |
| | Independent | Sean McBrien | 0.48 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
| Electorate: 5,883 Valid: 4,339 (73.75%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 620 Turnout: 4,381 (74.47%) ||||||||||

### Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McGowan* | 16.30 | 704 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Mulligan* | 13.59 | 587 | 597 | 646 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry McGee | 8.32 | 558 | 576 | 603 | 616 | 620 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sinead Guckian | 11.28 | 488 | 502 | 516 | 517 | 564 | 648 | | |
| | Independent | Enda Stenson | 9.84 | 425 | 435 | 480 | 488 | 550 | 651 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam McElgunn | 9.35 | 404 | 406 | 417 | 417 | 495 | 560 | 577 | 597 |
| | Fine Gael | T.P. Cox | 8.31 | 359 | 384 | 400 | 404 | 435 | 545 | 561 | 571 |
| | Fine Gael | Percy French | 7.41 | 320 | 321 | 324 | 325 | 397 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Marese O'Brien | 6.85 | 296 | 297 | 300 | 301 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Reynolds | 4.14 | 179 | 184 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,201 Valid: 4,320 (69.67%) Spoilt: 31 Quota: 618 Turnout: 4,351 (70.17%) ||||||||||||

### Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | John McTernan* | 18.15 | 710 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim McPadden* | 15.77 | 617 | 631 | 650 | 690 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Gilmartin | 11.78 | 461 | 462 | 495 | 512 | 512 | 611 |
| | Independent | Gerry Dolan* | 11.48 | 449 | 456 | 537 | 584 | 596 | 676 |
| | Fine Gael | Enda McGloin | 10.05 | 393 | 397 | 403 | 410 | 419 | 536 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan* | 9.87 | 386 | 393 | 435 | 592 | 600 | 668 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Paschal Mooney* | 8.56 | 335 | 336 | 363 | 389 | 390 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eugene O'Neill | 8.15 | 319 | 339 | 354 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Hugh Gallagher | 6.19 | 242 | 245 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,166 Valid: 3,912 (75.73%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 653 Turnout: 3,953 (76.52%) ||||||||||

### Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Ferguson* | 18.49 | 679 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Dolan* | 14.16 | 520 | 523 | 572 | 626 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aodh Flynn* | 13.67 | 505 | 515 | 554 | 626 | |
| | Fine Gael | Siobhán McGloin* | 11.46 | 421 | 438 | 462 | 502 | 632 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Colreavy | 9.64 | 354 | 357 | 392 | 475 | 558 |
| | Fine Gael | Francis White | 9.50 | 349 | 352 | 381 | 425 | 483 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Connolly | 8.60 | 316 | 339 | 354 | 374 | |
| | Labour | Gabriel McSharry | 7.76 | 285 | 288 | 341 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean O'Donnell | 6.72 | 247 | 248 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,057 Valid: 3,673 (72.63%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 613 Turnout: 3,734 (73.84%) |||||||||