# 1999 Galway County Council election

An election to Galway County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 16 | +2 | 26,703 | 45.06 | |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | -1 | 17,688 | 29.85 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | -2 | 3,567 | 6.02 | |
| | Independent | 3 | +1 | 9,499 | 16.03 | |
| Totals | Totals | 30 | - | 59,262 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Callanan* | 30.34 | 3,006 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Mullins* | 14.88 | 1,474 | 1,669 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Joyce | 13.04 | 1,292 | 1,540 | 1,607 | 1,714 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tomás Mannion | 12.02 | 1,191 | 1,528 | 1,574 | 1,659 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Sullivan* | 9.55 | 946 | 1,277 | 1,376 | 1,737 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Finnerty* | 8.50 | 842 | 926 | 1,002 | 1,176 |
| | Independent | John Molloy | 7.80 | 773 | 850 | 938 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly | 3.88 | 384 | 466 | | |
| Electorate: 16,521 Valid: 9,908 (59.97%) Spoilt: 190 Quota: 1,652 Turnout: 10,098 (61.12%) ||||||||

### Connemara

Connemara - 7 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 | John Mannion Jnr* | 12.47 | 1,570 | 1,611 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pól Ó Foighil | 11.42 | 1,438 | 1,453 | 1,464 | 1,490 | 1,638 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Gavin* | 11.20 | 1,410 | 1,434 | 1,437 | 1,456 | 1,463 | 1,474 | 1,561 | 1,583 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josie Conneely* | 9.50 | 1,196 | 1,196 | 1,197 | 1,344 | 1,391 | 1,400 | 1,433 | 1,539 | 1,667 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Neachtain* | 8.65 | 1,089 | 1,090 | 1,090 | 1,096 | 1,109 | 1,112 | 1,258 | 1,384 | 1,583 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Connie Ní Fhatharta* | 8.38 | 1,055 | 1,055 | 1,055 | 1,063 | 1,097 | 1,103 | 1,157 | 1,365 | 1,500 | 1,546 |
| | Independent | Seamus Walsh | 7.37 | 928 | 971 | 975 | 991 | 1,011 | 1,019 | 1,085 | 1,099 | 1,313 | 1,326 |
| | Independent | Tom Welby Snr | 7.13 | 897 | 928 | 931 | 985 | 1,005 | 1,017 | 1,059 | 1,081 | 1,269 | 1,281 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pierce O'Malley | 6.66 | 838 | 856 | 858 | 878 | 889 | 891 | 911 | 980 | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Tomás Ó Curraoin | 4.64 | 584 | 587 | 587 | 590 | 608 | 614 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eithne Nic Dhonnchadha | 4.30 | 541 | 542 | 542 | 549 | 613 | 619 | 654 | | | |
| | Independent | Eamonn McLoughlin | 3.40 | 428 | 429 | 430 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eamonn Mylotte | 3.09 | 389 | 420 | 432 | 485 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Stewart | 1.78 | 224 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,628 Valid: 12,587 (49.11%) Spoilt: 275 Quota: 1,574 Turnout: 12,862 (50.19%) ||||||||||||||

### Loughrea

Loughrea - 7 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 | Michael (Stroke) Fahy* | 14.41 | 2,068 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ulick Burke TD | 12.98 | 1,863 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Hynes | 9.96 | 1,429 | 1,442 | 1,467 | 1,490 | 1,534 | 1,662 | 1,712 |
| | Fine Gael | Jimmy McClearn* | 9.73 | 1,396 | 1,398 | 1,403 | 1,466 | 1,611 | 2,143 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cunningham* | 9.60 | 1,377 | 1,500 | 1,574 | 1,620 | 1,699 | 1,756 | 1,769 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Regan* | 9.41 | 1,351 | 1,381 | 1,394 | 1,543 | 1,584 | 1,763 | 1,913 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matt Loughnane* | 8.90 | 1,277 | 1,329 | 1,344 | 1,433 | 1,564 | 1,643 | 1,683 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Willie Burke* | 7.28 | 1,045 | 1,051 | 1,062 | 1,210 | 1,240 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Feeney | 7.06 | 1,013 | 1,020 | 1,025 | 1,030 | 1,320 | 1,360 | 1,398 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Monaghan | 5.60 | 804 | 820 | 830 | 835 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Walter Burke | 3.82 | 548 | 560 | 565 | | | | |
| | Independent | P.J. Baldwin | 0.99 | 142 | 153 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Healy | 0.26 | 37 | 39 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,845 Valid: 14,350 (60.18%) Spoilt: 277 Quota: 1,794 Turnout: 14,627 (61.34%) |||||||||||

### Oranmore

Oranmore - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Jarlath McDonagh* | 23.09 | 1,924 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Noel Grealish | 16.70 | 1,357 | 1,444 | 1,517 | 1,779 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Hoade | 16.26 | 1,314 | 1,340 | 1,415 | 1,495 | 1,600 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Rabbitt | 19.78 | 1,247 | 1,284 | 1,433 | 1,848 | |
| | Fine Gael | Kathleen Carey | 13.30 | 1,108 | 1,176 | 1,195 | 1,385 | 1,461 |
| | Independent | Enda O'Rourke | 12.24 | 1,020 | 1,046 | 1,081 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Molloy | 4.34 | 362 | 375 | | | |
| Electorate: 15,503 Valid: 8,332 (53.74%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,667 Turnout: 8,406 (54.22%) |||||||||

### Tuam

Tuam - 7 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 | Paul Connaughton TD* | 11.55 | 1,745 | 1,774 | 1,885 | 2,155 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kathleen Quinn* | 9.49 | 1,433 | 1,438 | 1,486 | 1,546 | 1,560 | 1,595 | 1,641 | 2,048 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy McHugh* | 8.99 | 1,358 | 1,396 | 1,448 | 1,461 | 1,469 | 1,585 | 1,709 | 1,913 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom McHugh | 8.32 | 1,256 | 1,285 | 1,375 | 1,449 | 1,504 | 1,699 | 1,840 | 1,919 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tiernan Walsh* | 7.98 | 1,205 | 1,208 | 1,222 | 1,308 | 1,379 | 1,421 | 1,476 | 1,596 | 1,634 | 1,642 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Joe Burke* | 7.71 | 1,165 | 1,201 | 1,293 | 1,321 | 1,335 | 1,496 | 1,589 | 1,656 | 1,662 | 1,669 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Connolly | 7.30 | 1,103 | 1,120 | 1,155 | 1,231 | 1,255 | 1,277 | 1,504 | 1,673 | 1,739 | 1,744 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Hussey* | 7.12 | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,161 | 1,218 | 1,234 | 1,306 | 1,390 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Reilly | 6.86 | 1,036 | 1,082 | 1,130 | 1,141 | 1,142 | 1,297 | 1,437 | 1,551 | 1,600 | 1,610 |
| | Independent | Peter Roche | 6.57 | 992 | 1,052 | 1,082 | 1,150 | 1,167 | 1,233 | | | | |
| | Labour | Colm Keaveney | 5.54 | 837 | 891 | 977 | 1,013 | 1,028 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Meehan | 5.27 | 796 | 808 | 816 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Brogan | 4.79 | 724 | 738 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bartley Furey | 1.54 | 233 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Hehir | 0.97 | 147 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,351 Valid: 15,105 (66.79%) Spoilt: 272 Quota: 1,889 Turnout: 15,377 (67.36%) ||||||||||||||