# 1991 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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 | 9 | -1 | 6,767 | 39.4 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | - | 5,312 | 30.9 | |
| | Labour | 4 | +1 | 4,002 | 23.3 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 436 | 2.54 | |
| | Independent | 0 | -1 | 670 | 3.9 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 17,187 | 100.0 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Borris

Borris - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Labour | Michael Meaney* | 29.2% | 1,020 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Kinsella* | 16.4% | 575 | 636 | 741 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Walsh | 15.5% | 543 | 603 | 655 | 667 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Doyle* | 14.2% | 498 | 577 | 596 | 808 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Murphy* | 9.1% | 317 | 361 | 446 | 493 |
| | Fine Gael | Ciaran Redmond | 7.9% | 278 | 313 | 331 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Moore | 7.6% | 267 | 308 | | |
| Electorate: 5,866 Valid: 3,498 (59.63%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 700 Turnout: 3,534 (60.25%) ||||||||

### Carlow

Carlow - 7 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 |
| | Fine Gael | John Browne TD* | 14.5% | 756 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Carpenter* | 10.7% | 560 | 575 | 588 | 648 | 673 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Des Hurley | 10.7% | 557 | 558 | 563 | 592 | 707 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Murnane* | 10.4% | 545 | 551 | 554 | 566 | 576 | 580 | 582 | 614 | 635 | 649 | 664 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Walter Lacey | 8.3% | 436 | 439 | 451 | 475 | 499 | 513 | 516 | 542 | 595 | 696 | |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Alcock | 7.9% | 413 | 414 | 428 | 440 | 450 | 460 | 462 | 486 | 570 | 739 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | M.J. Nolan TD* | 7.3% | 379 | 389 | 395 | 406 | 413 | 414 | 416 | 489 | 524 | 563 | 578 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rody Kelly | 6% | 314 | 325 | 332 | 344 | 362 | 363 | 364 | 428 | 444 | 474 | 495 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Governey* | 4.9% | 255 | 257 | 278 | 289 | 299 | 306 | 308 | 322 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Whelan | 4.8% | 253 | 261 | 275 | 275 | 289 | 301 | 308 | 336 | 407 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe McDonald | 4.7% | 243 | 253 | 256 | 263 | 277 | 282 | 282 | | | | |
| | Labour | Cecil Whelan | 4.6% | 238 | 242 | 245 | 257 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Brady | 3.8% | 201 | 202 | 204 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sean Prendergast | 1.4% | 73 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,567 Valid: 5,223 (49.43%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 653 Turnout: 5,265 (49.82%) |||||||||||||||

### Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 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 |
| | Labour | John McNally* | 21.7% | 980 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Townsend* | 18.1% | 818 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Arthur McDonald | 11% | 496 | 568 | 581 | 589 | 614 | 631 | 713 | 851 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Enda Nolan | 9.5% | 427 | 444 | 451 | 462 | 478 | 526 | 559 | 593 | 648 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary McDonald* | 8.7% | 392 | 409 | 413 | 422 | 509 | 651 | 695 | 795 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Nevin* | 6.8% | 305 | 332 | 337 | 344 | 361 | 371 | 475 | 527 | 571 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Cullen | 6.5% | 292 | 306 | 312 | 314 | 321 | 330 | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Foley | 5.9% | 264 | 298 | 329 | 336 | 376 | 409 | 437 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ann Brennan | 5.5% | 246 | 250 | 252 | 273 | 311 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen Maher | 5% | 224 | 246 | 249 | 250 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Curran | 1.2% | 56 | 74 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | William Dillon | 0.2% | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,033 Valid: 4,509 (64.11%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 752 Turnout: 4,551 (64.71%) |||||||||||||

### Tullow

Tullow - 5 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 | Michael Deering* | 17.3% | 683 | 627 | 639 | 649 | 690 | 860 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Pender* | 16.6% | 656 | 658 | 687 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat O'Toole | 13.8% | 548 | 551 | 552 | 553 | 558 | 680 | |
| | Fine Gael | Fred Hunter | 11.3% | 449 | 459 | 472 | 472 | 478 | 569 | 617 |
| | Labour | Michael Hickey | 9.8% | 389 | 407 | 430 | 432 | 435 | 482 | 537 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Arthur Kennedy* | 9% | 358 | 370 | 417 | 430 | 432 | 452 | 585 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Brophy* | 8% | 317 | 323 | 327 | 330 | 335 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Condon | 6.4% | 252 | 285 | 340 | 344 | 346 | 368 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Ann Dunne | 4.2% | 165 | 186 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bill Leonard | 3.5% | 140 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,338 Valid: 3,957 (62.43%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 660 Turnout: 4,015 (63.35%) |||||||||||