# 1991 Kerry County Council election

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 13 | | 26,766 | 44.14 | 2.58 |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | | 15,905 | 26.23 | 2.25 |
| | Labour | 4 | 1 | 10,045 | 16.56 | 5.51 |
| | Green | 0 | | 1,057 | 1.74 | New |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | | 715 | 1.18 | 4.08 |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | | 404 | 0.67 | New |
| | Independent | 3 | 1 | 5,752 | 9.48 | 1.07 |
| Totals | Totals | 27 | | 60,644 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area
### Killarney

Killarney - 6 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 | Tom Fleming* | 15.9% | 2,291 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary TD* | 15.4% | 2,222 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jackie Healy-Rae* | 13.0% | 1,906 | 1,992 | 2,065 | | | | |
| | Independent | P.J. Cronin* | 11.3% | 1,629 | 1,671 | 1,687 | 1,790 | 1,894 | 2,011 | 2,151 |
| | Labour | Breeda Moynihan-Cronin | 8.2% | 1,274 | 1,293 | 1,304 | 1,416 | 1,513 | 1,621 | 1,859 |
| | Labour | Michael Gleeson* | 8.7% | 1,254 | 1,263 | 1,270 | 1,345 | 1,415 | 1,501 | 1,684 |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Coghlan | 7.4% | 1,067 | 1,074 | 1,083 | 1,132 | 1,213 | 1,465 | 1,935 |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Gleeson | 6.5% | 944 | 962 | 966 | 988 | 1,032 | 1,296 | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Kelly | 5.5% | 799 | 816 | 821 | 865 | 913 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dermot O'Callaghan | 3.7% | 541 | 566 | 594 | 650 | | | |
| | Green | Eugene O'Shea | 3.6% | 518 | 522 | 527 | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,677 Valid: 14,445 (69.86%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 2,064 Turnout: 14,565 (70.44%) |||||||||||

### Killorglin

Killorglin - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Donoghue TD* | 24.8% | 2,979 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cahill* | 18.1% | 2,170 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Connor-Scarteen* | 13.5% | 1,626 | 1,675 | 1,681 | 1,827 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Danny Kissane* | 11.1% | 1,328 | 1,372 | 1,451 | 1,529 | 1,536 | 1,581 |
| | Fine Gael | Dan Barry* | 10.3% | 1,238 | 1,658 | 1,671 | 1,706 | 1,724 | |
| | Labour | Michael Moynihan TD | 9.2% | 986 | 1,087 | 1,141 | 1,215 | 1,244 | 1,376 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jackie Cahill | 5.6% | 671 | 958 | 1,016 | 1,054 | 1,106 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Finnegan | 5.1% | 616 | 942 | 1,170 | 1,210 | 1,214 | 1,710 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Marie O'Sullivan | 3.4% | 404 | 439 | 454 | | | |
| Electorate: 18,062 Valid: 12,018 (66.54%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,717 Turnout: 12,145 (67.24%) ||||||||||

### 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* | 18.8% | 2,725 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ned O'Sullivan | 12.0% | 1,743 | 1,848 | 1,928 | 1,982 | 2,017 | 2,041 | 2,057 |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Buckley | 11.8% | 1,713 | 1,918 | 1,965 | 1,984 | 2,666 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Brassil* | 11.7% | 1,696 | 1,710 | 1,716 | 2,069 | 2,344 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Dan Kiely* | 11.3% | 1,593 | 1,647 | 1,677 | 1,732 | 1,788 | 1,832 | 1,883 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran Walsh* | 9.3% | 1,357 | 1,415 | 1,451 | 1,482 | 1,520 | 1,567 | 1,583 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernie Behan | 8.1% | 1,170 | 1,248 | 1,260 | 1,381 | | | |
| | Labour | Liam O'Sullivan | 7.9% | 1,150 | 1,181 | 1,195 | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Leahy | 7.5% | 1,090 | 1,154 | 1,218 | 1,695 | 1,780 | 1,918 | 1,932 |
| | Independent | James Halpin | 1.9% | 282 | 323 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,584 Valid: 14,519 (67.27%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 2,075 Turnout: 14,666 (67.95%) |||||||||||

### Mid-Kerry

Mid-Kerry- 5 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* | 20.5% | 2,170 | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Courtney* | 16.5% | 1,746 | 1,835 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom McEllistrim* | 15.9% | 1,683 | 1,778 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bobby O'Connell | 13.3% | 1,413 | 1,417 | 1,417 | 1,417 | 1,658 | 1,881 |
| | Labour | Maeve Spring | 12.6% | 1,331 | 1,364 | 1,385 | 1,385 | 1,499 | 1,629 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Begley* | 10.7% | 1,130 | 1,251 | 1,271 | 1,272 | 1,299 | 1,326 |
| | Independent | Arthur Lenihan | 5.4% | 574 | 582 | 588 | 588 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sheila Kenny | 5.3% | 557 | 609 | 624 | 633 | 762 | |
| Electorate: 15,832 Valid: 10,604 (67.02%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,768 Turnout: 10,718 (67.74%) ||||||||||

### Tralee

Tralee - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Dick Spring TD* | 32.7% | 2,960 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Denis Foley* | 20.4% | 1,845 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Kelly | 8.3% | 752 | 929 | 976 | 1,107 | 1,169 | 1,171 | 1,465 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ted Fitzgerald* | 8.0% | 726 | 884 | 945 | 1,080 | 1,166 | 1,188 | 1,478 |
| | Sinn Féin | Billy Leen | 7.9% | 715 | 802 | 857 | 917 | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Foley | 7.0% | 633 | 820 | 913 | 1,032 | 1,299 | 1,303 | 1,507 |
| | Independent | John Blennerhassett* | 6.2% | 558 | 793 | 872 | 1,026 | 1,140 | 1,145 | |
| | Green | Conor Fitzgerald | 6.0% | 539 | 694 | 772 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Donovan | 3.6% | 330 | 479 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,826 Valid: 9,058 (53.83%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,812 Turnout: 9,128 (54.25%) |||||||||||