# 1991 Cavan County Council election

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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.
The Cavan Road Action Group won four seats; not a registered political party, it was a single-issue pressure group focused on the poor state of the surfaces of Cavan's local roads.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 11 | -3 | 11,312 | 42.8 | -10.73 |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | -1 | 9,393 | 35.5 | -0.86 |
| | Cavan Road Action Group | 4 | +4 | 3,694 | 14.0 | New |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | 1,045 | 3.9 | -3.96 |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | 0 | 26,456 | 100.0 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Bailieborough

Bailieborough - 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 |
| | Cavan Road Action Group | Winston Turner | 12.8% | 958 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Boyle | 11.6% | 863 | 866 | 895 | 896 | 1,121 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Giles* | 11.4% | 850 | 852 | 861 | 862 | 871 | 877 | 880 | 1,028 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly* | 11.4% | 848 | 849 | 940 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Timothy Ryan* | 10% | 746 | 751 | 890 | 892 | 1,054 | | | | |
| | Independent | May Coleman | 9.2% | 683 | 688 | 710 | 710 | 741 | 831 | 884 | 916 | 925 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith* | 7.8% | 579 | 581 | 588 | 589 | 614 | 631 | 634 | 803 | 863 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Turlough Smith* | 7.4% | 551 | 553 | 558 | 558 | 584 | 594 | 604 | 712 | 738 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis McDermott | 7.0% | 525 | 527 | 537 | 538 | 574 | 586 | 600 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Reynolds* | 5.8% | 434 | 436 | 535 | 536 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Patterson | 5.7% | 424 | 425 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,113 Valid: 7,461 (67.14%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 933 Turnout: 7,544 (67.88%) |||||||||||||

### Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Reilly* | 14.4 | 876 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dessie Boylan* | 11.7 | 711 | 994 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Danny Brady* | 11.3 | 690 | 702 | 703 | 939 | |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Miney* | 11% | 669 | 726 | 812 | 858 | 864 |
| | Cavan Road Action Group | Seamus Harten | 10.9 | 664 | 732 | 752 | 877 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francie Fitzsimons | 10.7 | 654 | 717 | 727 | 830 | 872 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan O'Dwyer | 10.6 | 647 | 676 | 678 | 779 | 799 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Sheridan | 10.4 | 633 | 652 | 656 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Robert Faussett* | 9% | 547 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,442 Valid: 6,091 (64.51%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 871 Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%) |||||||||

### Belturbet

Belturbet - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Cavan Road Action Group | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 19.5 | 1,071 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Smith* | 16.1 | 885 | 898 | 969 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Feeley* | 12.7 | 696 | 700 | 709 | 729 | 737 | 835 | 858 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anthony Vesey* | 10.7 | 588 | 615 | 658 | 730 | 763 | 851 | 1,009 |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Maguire* | 10.3 | 564 | 591 | 646 | 713 | 722 | 757 | 860 |
| | Fine Gael | Eamon Dolan* | 7.9 | 432 | 448 | 450 | 463 | 464 | 525 | 652 |
| | Sinn Féin | Peadar Neary | 7.3 | 400 | 417 | 422 | 441 | 443 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Fitzpatrick | 7.1 | 392 | 425 | 438 | 466 | 467 | 493 | |
| | Independent | May Smith | 4.7 | 256 | 267 | 278 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Tiernan | 3.7 | 204 | 212 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,763 Valid: 5,488 (70.69%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 915 Turnout: 5,537 (71.33%) |||||||||||

### Cavan

Cavan - 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 |
| | Cavan Road Action Group | Dolores Smith | 13.5 | 1,001 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Andrew Boylan TD* | 12.1 | 895 | 906 | 918 | 937 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Murray* | 12% | 891 | 905 | 912 | 957 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Andrew O'Brien | 9% | 670 | 676 | 688 | 712 | 713 | 768 | 806 | 1,034 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | T.P. Smith* | 8.8% | 654 | 659 | 673 | 720 | 725 | 753 | 800 | 829 | 841 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Reilly | 8.6% | 641 | 645 | 651 | 669 | 669 | 742 | 788 | 953 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Diarmuid Wilson | 7.5% | 553 | 557 | 582 | 606 | 611 | 648 | 699 | 737 | 745 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Joe O'Reilly* | 7.1% | 529 | 541 | 543 | 569 | 572 | 614 | 631 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Conaty* | 6.7% | 497 | 501 | 510 | 528 | 532 | 578 | 777 | 815 | 831 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Breda Elliot | 4.9% | 367 | 368 | 372 | 381 | 391 | 422 | | | |
| | Labour | Paul Dolan | 4.3% | 320 | 324 | 333 | 379 | 380 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Ennis | 3.9% | 292 | 296 | 302 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mary Smith | 1.4 | 106 | 110 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,442 Valid: 6,091 (64.5%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 871 Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%) |||||||||||||