# 1999 Donegal County Council election

An election to Donegal County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from six 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 | 14 | +3 | 27,090 | 41.45 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 14,931 | 22.85 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | 0 | 9,277 | 14.20 | |
| | Labour | 1 | 0 | 3,327 | 5.09 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 6,966 | 10.66 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | -1 | 2,844 | 4.35 | |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Totals | Totals | 29 | 0 | 65,353 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area

* Sitting in italics

### Donegal

Donegal - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan McHugh | 14.47 | 1,915 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Coughlan TD* | 12.27 | 1,623 | 1,636 | 1,663 | 1,678 | 1,722 | 1,726 | 1,749 | 1,871 | 2,040 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McEniff* | 11.34 | 1,500 | 1,558 | 1,606 | 1,675 | 1,688 | 1,699 | 1,709 | 1,750 | 1,788 | 1,801 | 1,880 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Kennedy* | 8.61 | 1,139 | 1,140 | 1,172 | 1,175 | 1,272 | 1,273 | 1,281 | 1,396 | 1,663 | 1,722 | 1,915 |
| | Fine Gael | John Boyle | 8.25 | 1,091 | 1,092 | 1,102 | 1,113 | 1,217 | 1,217 | 1,412 | 1,467 | 1,564 | 1,578 | 1,729 |
| | Independent | Thomas Pringle | 7.21 | 954 | 962 | 1,002 | 1,004 | 1,015 | 1,015 | 1,143 | 1,161 | 1,211 | 1,213 | 1,488 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James McBrearty* | 7.32 | 969 | 970 | 979 | 982 | 986 | 986 | 1,158 | 1,166 | 1,186 | 1,191 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank O'Kelly* | 5.25 | 695 | 707 | 710 | 881 | 1,002 | 1,006 | 1,086 | 1,229 | 1,300 | 1,313 | 1,355 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael McIntyre | 5.06 | 670 | 672 | 680 | 688 | 721 | 722 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Manus Brennan | 4.81 | 636 | 640 | 665 | 676 | 753 | 754 | 764 | 902 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Keith Anderson | 4.80 | 635 | 638 | 649 | 667 | 722 | 724 | 737 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Julie Mundy | 4.36 | 577 | 578 | 599 | 616 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Barney McLaughlin | 2.73 | 361 | 370 | 371 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Niall Keenan | 2.15 | 285 | 319 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | John O'Neill | 1.36 | 180 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,128 Valid: 13,230 (65.73%) Spoilt: 209 Quota: 1,891 Turnout: 13,439 (66.77%) |||||||||||||||

### Glenties

Glenties - 6 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Alcorn | 17.45 | 2,268 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kelly* | 13.30 | 1,729 | 1,740 | 1,756 | 1,758 | 1,825 | 1,831 | 1,942 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Enda Bonner | 11.56 | 1,503 | 1,649 | 1,660 | 1,753 | 1,975 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Charles Bennett* | 8.89 | 1,156 | 1,163 | 1,167 | 1,199 | 1,206 | 1,208 | 1,228 | 1,470 | 1,472 | 1,541 |
| | Independent | Tom Gildea TD | 8.27 | 1,075 | 1,098 | 1,150 | 1,184 | 1,208 | 1,209 | 1,291 | 1,548 | 1,555 | 1,656 |
| | Fine Gael | Maureen Doohan* | 7.58 | 985 | 991 | 1,019 | 1,028 | 1,051 | 1,052 | 1,112 | 1,126 | 1,130 | |
| | Labour | Seamus Rogers* | 7.09 | 922 | 995 | 1,019 | 1,121 | 1,139 | 1,146 | 1,268 | 1,332 | 1,344 | 1,449 |
| | Fine Gael | Pádraig Doherty | 5.71 | 742 | 756 | 765 | 829 | 912 | 921 | 1,113 | 1,126 | 1,135 | 1,508 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Brennan* | 5.80 | 754 | 776 | 779 | 783 | 824 | 903 | 924 | | | |
| | Independent | Fred Coll* | 5.04 | 655 | 678 | 691 | 721 | 820 | 832 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Breslin | 4.69 | 610 | 637 | 647 | 652 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Murray | 3.00 | 390 | 444 | 447 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alice (Breezy) Kelly | 0.82 | 107 | 108 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Mary Kelly | 0.79 | 103 | 106 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,054 Valid: 12,999 (58.94%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,858 Turnout: 13,200 (59.85%) ||||||||||||||

### Inishowen

Inishowen - 6 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 | Cecilia Keaveney TD* | 17.12 | 2,199 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness* | 12.31 | 1,581 | 1,616 | 1,650 | 1,688 | 1,747 | 2,124 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rena Donaghey | 11.58 | 1,488 | 1,523 | 1,538 | 1,593 | 1,758 | 1,782 | 1,788 | 2,027 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Conaghan | 9.91 | 1,273 | 1,327 | 1,339 | 1,404 | 1,516 | 1,547 | 1,556 | 1,663 | 1,696 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Albert Doherty | 8.63 | 1,109 | 1,133 | 1,158 | 1,393 | 1,441 | 1,502 | 1,517 | 1,666 | 1,695 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis McGonigle* | 8.57 | 1,101 | 1,206 | 1,240 | 1,247 | 1,274 | 1,313 | 1,321 | 1,427 | 1,453 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim Ferry* | 8.23 | 889 | 905 | 927 | 991 | 1,084 | 1,137 | 1,147 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Sheridan | 7.21 | 829 | 843 | 859 | 882 | 1,007 | 1,095 | 1,286 | 1,423 | 1,468 |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Farren | 5.93 | 762 | 800 | 817 | 852 | 900 | | | | |
| | Independent | Nicholas Crossan | 5.81 | 747 | 757 | 772 | 844 | | | | | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Columba Doherty | 5.01 | 644 | 666 | 674 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sheila Rogers | 1.75 | 225 | 343 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,072 Valid: 12,845 (55.68%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,836 Turnout: 13,049 (56.56%) |||||||||||||

### Letterkenny

Letterkenny - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey* | 16.71 | 1,891 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Seán Maloney* | 11.26 | 1,275 | 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,439 | 1,566 | 1,656 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Crawford | 11.17 | 1,264 | 1,282 | 1,494 | 1,610 | 1,810 | 2,023 |
| | Fine Gael | Jimmy Harte | 10.99 | 1,244 | 1,406 | 1,520 | 1,551 | 1,703 | 1,840 |
| | Independent | Jim Devenney* | 10.86 | 1,229 | 1,264 | 1,288 | 1,316 | 1,359 | 1,462 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Dessie Larkin | 8.77 | 993 | 1,045 | 1,056 | 1,141 | 1,299 | 1,713 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Danny Harkin* | 8.67 | 981 | 1,005 | 1,079 | 1,136 | 1,205 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Watson | 7.05 | 798 | 827 | 841 | 923 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry McMonagle | 5.49 | 621 | 631 | 657 | | | |
| | Independent | Tony Friel | 5.19 | 587 | 593 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | [Paddy Gildea | 3.85 | 436 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,658 Valid: 11,319 (57.58%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 1,887 Turnout: 11,464 (58.32%) ||||||||||

### Milford

Milford - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Niall Blaney | 24.25 | 2,001 | 2,090 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe McHugh | 20.14 | 1,662 | 1,716 | 2,018 | 2,288 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel McGinley* | 18.78 | 1,550 | 1,611 | 1,657 | 1,862 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Anne O'Donnell* | 15.21 | 1,255 | 1,349 | 1,374 | 1,559 |
| | Independent | Ian McGarvey | 11.32 | 934 | 948 | 1,010 | |
| | Fine Gael | Caroline Carron | 5.76 | 475 | 480 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin McGroddy | 4.54 | 375 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,897 Valid: 8,252 (69.36%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 2,064 Turnout: 8,342 (70.12%) ||||||||

### Stranorlar

Stranorlar - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick McGowan | 19.13 | 1,283 | 1,313 | 1,335 | 1,485 | 1,571 | 1,738 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alice Bonner | 16.78 | 1,125 | 1,175 | 1,194 | 1,286 | 1,386 | 1,562 |
| | Fine Gael | J.J. Reid* | 14.43 | 968 | 1,036 | 1,183 | 1,259 | 1,582 | 1,658 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Carlin | 12.48 | 837 | 854 | 864 | 942 | 984 | 1,096 |
| | Independent | Aubrey Barclay | 10.11 | 678 | 716 | 753 | 789 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom Dignam | 10.05 | 674 | 692 | 702 | 806 | 823 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Harkin | 8.43 | 565 | 577 | 647 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Majella McMullan | 4.58 | 307 | 331 | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael J. O'Boyle | 4.01 | 269 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,888 Valid: 6,706 (61.59%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,677 Turnout: 6,777 (62.24%) ||||||||||