# 1999 Westmeath County Council election

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five 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 | 12 | 0 | 10,519 | 45.32 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 0 | 5,674 | 24.44 | |
| | Labour | 5 | +1 | 6,024 | 25.95 | |
| | Independent | 0 | -1 | 996 | 4.29 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | 0 | 23,213 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone - 7 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 | P.J. Coghill* | 11.06 | 1,010 | 1,013 | 1,070 | 1,094 | 1,126 | 1,219 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran Molloy* | 10.86 | 992 | 1,022 | 1,044 | 1,054 | 1,080 | 1,299 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan McFadden* | 10.22 | 934 | 952 | 981 | 1,039 | 1,123 | 1,251 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Allen | 9.37 | 856 | 863 | 882 | 902 | 963 | 1,058 | 1,079 | 1,092 | 1,117 |
| | Fine Gael | Mark Cooney | 9.33 | 852 | 873 | 901 | 967 | 1,039 | 1,103 | 1,119 | 1,131 | 1,141 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Egbert Moran* | 8.46 | 773 | 780 | 796 | 843 | 882 | 947 | 1,005 | 1,032 | 1,060 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin "Boxer" Moran | 8.41 | 768 | 794 | 818 | 839 | 886 | 972 | 1,028 | 1,057 | 1,065 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Whelan* | 8.41 | 768 | 774 | 791 | 857 | 977 | 986 | 990 | 994 | 996 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Butler | 8.24 | 753 | 775 | 791 | 804 | 837 | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Rohan | 5.99 | 547 | 562 | 590 | 636 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dick O'Brien | 4.01 | 366 | 374 | 390 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Fox | 3.04 | 278 | 315 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Benny Cooney | 2.62 | 239 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,156 Valid: 9,136 (53.25%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 9,280 (54.09%) |||||||||||||

### Coole

Coole - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Donie Cassidy* | 31.33 | 1,157 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Shaughnessy* | 27.73 | 1,024 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank McDermott* | 26.00 | 960 | |
| | Labour | Johnnie Penrose | 13.48 | 498 | 693 |
| | Independent | Peter Rogers | 1.46 | 54 | 92 |
| Electorate: 6,171 Valid: 3,693 (56.26%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 924 Turnout: 3,755 (57.08%) ||||||

### Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cowley* | Unopposed | N/A |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Flanagan* | Unopposed | N/A |
| | Labour | Mark Nugent* | Unopposed | N/A |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Ryan* | Unopposed | N/A |
| Quota: |||||

### Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Mick Dollard* | 33.11 | 1,595 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Bourke | 14.61 | 704 | 788 | 827 | 874 | 1,075 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick McLoughlin | 13.62 | 656 | 688 | 709 | 800 | 915 |
| | Labour | Dan McCarthy | 11.73 | 565 | 964 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Wright* | 10.05 | 484 | 515 | 554 | 580 | 721 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shay Callaghan | 9.78 | 471 | 492 | 506 | 515 | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Whelan | 3.84 | 185 | 222 | 237 | | |
| | Independent | Kevin Whelehan | 3.28 | 158 | 185 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,026 Valid: 4,818 (53.38%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 964 Turnout: 4,881 (54.08%) |||||||||

### Mullingar West

Mullingar West - 5 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 |
| | Labour | Willie PenroseTD* | 42.05 | 2,410 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Camillus Glynn* | 13.66 | 783 | 915 | 937 | 984 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul McGrathTD* | 11.18 | 641 | 834 | 864 | 992 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Bourke* | 7.61 | 436 | 553 | 575 | 603 | 605 | 611 | 670 | 810 |
| | Labour | Betty Doran | 7.14 | 409 | 1,096 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Hynes | 5.37 | 308 | 378 | 395 | 425 | 431 | 441 | 541 | 600 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Lyng | 4.45 | 255 | 320 | 334 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank McIntyre | 4.31 | 247 | 339 | 365 | 386 | 391 | 400 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Wallace | 4.22 | 242 | 340 | 349 | 384 | 407 | 410 | 467 | |
| Electorate: 11,119 Valid: 5,731 (51.54%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 956 Turnout: 5,809 (52.24%) ||||||||||||