# 1999 Kerry County Council election

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 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 | 12 | 1 | 25,331 | 39.80 | 4.34 |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 1 | 14,951 | 23.49 | 2.74 |
| | Labour | 3 | 1 | 9,119 | 14.33 | 2.23 |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 3,810 | 5.99 | 4.81 |
| | SKIA | 1 | 1 | 1,478 | 2.32 | New |
| | Green | 0 | | 246 | 0.39 | 1.35 |
| | Independent | 4 | 1 | 8,713 | 13.69 | 4.21 |
| Totals | Totals | 27 | | 63,648 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dingle

Dingle - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Breandan MacGearailt* | 27.50 | 1,969 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Shea* | 23.98 | 1,717 | 1,736 | 1,759 | 1,850 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald | 14.76 | 1,057 | 1,148 | 1,196 | 1,307 | 1,472 | 1,658 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colette Flynn-Scanlon | 10.92 | 782 | 819 | 851 | 874 | 972 | 1,319 |
| | Independent | Brigid O'Connor | 8.12 | 581 | 589 | 636 | 676 | 836 | |
| | Labour | Tom Flynn | 7.47 | 535 | 543 | 571 | 609 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mick O'Connell | 4.05 | 290 | 296 | 326 | | | |
| | Independent | John Paul O'Brien | 3.18 | 228 | 296 | 326 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,879 Valid: 7,159 (65.81%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,790 Turnout: 7,248 (66.62%) ||||||||||

### Killarney

Killarney - 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 |
| | Independent | Jackie Healy-Rae TD* | 23.03 | 3,302 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Fleming* | 14.42 | 2,068 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Breeda Moynihan-Cronin TD* | 11.45 | 1,642 | 1,866 | 1,900 | 1,903 | 2,153 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian O'Leary* | 10.70 | 1,534 | 1,774 | 1,796 | 1,802 | 1,849 | 1,883 | 2,257 | |
| | SKIA | Michael Gleeson | 10.31 | 1,478 | 1,682 | 1,709 | 1,710 | 1,768 | 1,850 | 2,044 | 2,113 |
| | Independent | Brendan Cronin | 9.11 | 1,306 | 1,457 | 1,496 | 1,499 | 1,537 | 1,679 | 1,801 | 1,862 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Paul Coghlan* | 7.45 | 1,068 | 1,154 | 1,199 | 1,200 | 1,219 | 1,477 | 1,545 | 1,566 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Doherty | 5.31 | 762 | 921 | 942 | 945 | 969 | 1,005 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mark O'Shea | 3.79 | 544 | 595 | 629 | 630 | 641 | | | |
| | Labour | Andrew McCarthy | 3.11 | 446 | 493 | 498 | 499 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Randles | 1.32 | 189 | 280 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,843 Valid: 14,339 (65.65%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 2,049 Turnout: 14,572 (66.71%) ||||||||||||

### Killorglin

Killorglin - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul O'Donoghue* | 18.29 | 2,162 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cahill* | 15.75 | 1,862 | 1,897 | 1,941 | 2,150 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Connor-Scarteen* | 11.91 | 1,408 | 1,411 | 1,413 | 1,420 | 1,501 | 1,503 | 1,595 | 2,113 | |
| | Fine Gael | Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor | 11.44 | 1,352 | 1,356 | 1,394 | 1,485 | 1,525 | 1,575 | 1,686 | 1,722 | 1,731 |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Donovan | 9.52 | 1,125 | 1,184 | 1,188 | 1,191 | 1,448 | 1,448 | 1,838 | 1,856 | 1,871 |
| | Independent | Michael Healy-Rae | 8.64 | 1,022 | 1,042 | 1,064 | 1,117 | 1,179 | 1,213 | 1,425 | 1,703 | 1,821 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan McCarthy | 8.01 | 947 | 966 | 968 | 982 | 986 | 1,054 | 1,099 | | |
| | Labour | Seán O hArgáin | 7.33 | 867 | 891 | 909 | 920 | 988 | 991 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Barry | 4.38 | 518 | 532 | 536 | 540 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paudie O'Connor | 3.29 | 389 | 401 | 423 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick O'Reilly | 1.44 | 170 | 171 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,885 Valid: 11,822 (66.10%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,971 Turnout: 12,021 (67.21%) |||||||||||||

### Listowel

Listowel - 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 | Jimmy Deenihan TD | 17.11 | 2,321 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Dan Kiely* | 14.89 | 2,020 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ned O'Sullivan* | 11.00 | 1,492 | 1,561 | 1,599 | 1,735 | 1,766 | 1,841 | 1,934 |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Buckley* | 10.12 | 1,372 | 1,496 | 1,532 | 1,594 | 1,617 | 1,714 | 1,755 |
| | Labour | Pat Leahy* | 9.67 | 1,312 | 1,365 | 1,441 | 1,467 | 1,618 | 1,746 | 1,846 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernie Behan* | 9.66 | 1,310 | 1,361 | 1,369 | 1,375 | 1,430 | 1,444 | 1,546 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Brassil | 9.57 | 1,298 | 1,314 | 1,324 | 1,357 | 1,469 | 1,484 | 1,754 |
| | Sinn Féin | Risteard O Fuarain | 5.27 | 715 | 723 | 730 | 738 | 816 | 1,070 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Curtin | 4.70 | 637 | 654 | 673 | 700 | 712 | | |
| | Labour | Liam O'Sullivan | 3.67 | 498 | 513 | 521 | 530 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Walsh | 2.51 | 341 | 359 | 372 | | | | |
| | Independent | Margaret Carmody | 1.83 | 248 | 260 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,406 Valid: 13,546 (57.95%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 1,938 Turnout: 13,826 (59.07%) |||||||||||

### Tralee

Tralee - 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 |
| | Labour | Maeve Spring* | 18.56 | 3,174 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Ferris | 14.37 | 2,458 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom McEllistrim | 9.58 | 1,638 | 1,712 | 1,736 | 1,760 | 1,897 | 1,995 | 2,135 | 2,432 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bobby O'Connell* | 9.07 | 1,551 | 1,607 | 1,618 | 1,633 | 1,656 | 1,671 | 1,695 | 1,969 | 2,006 | 2,077 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Foley TD* | 8.44 | 1,443 | 1,528 | 1,569 | 1,587 | 1,685 | 1,801 | 1,968 | 2,178 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat McCarthy | 6.05 | 1,035 | 1,107 | 1,121 | 1,149 | 1,204 | 1,240 | 1,283 | 1,327 | 1,339 | 1,486 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ted Fitzgerald* | 6.02 | 1,030 | 1,106 | 1,131 | 1,146 | 1,204 | 1,288 | 1,453 | 1,502 | 1,562 | 1,879 |
| | Independent | Billy Leen | 5.66 | 968 | 1,026 | 1,094 | 1,124 | 1,170 | 1,284 | 1,360 | 1,416 | 1,430 | 1,595 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Walsh | 5.59 | 956 | 983 | 990 | 998 | 1,024 | 1,047 | 1,131 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnnie Wall | 4.15 | 710 | 829 | 860 | 876 | 919 | 1,012 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Foley* | 4.09 | 699 | 789 | 832 | 861 | 891 | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Commane* | 3.77 | 645 | 952 | 973 | 1,010 | 1,028 | 1,115 | 1,212 | 1,240 | 1,247 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paudie Fuller | 3.23 | 552 | 583 | 605 | 617 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Eddie McCarthy | 1.44 | 246 | 286 | 298 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,913 Valid: 17,105 (57.18%) Spoilt: 306 Quota: 2,139 Turnout: 17,411 (58.21%) ||||||||||||||