# 1991 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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 | 11 | - | 11,858 | 44.43 | |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | +2 | 9,151 | 34.29 | |
| | Independent Socialist | 1 | - | 1,456 | 5.46 | |
| | Independent | 2 | -1 | 2,642 | 9.90 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -1 | 894 | 3.35 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | - | 26,689 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymote

Ballymote - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Tony McLoughlin* | 12.4% | 910 | 935 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Lavin* | 9.6% | 703 | 717 | 743 | 768 | 851 | 879 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Conlon | 9.5% | 699 | 706 | 733 | 759 | 838 | 949 |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Conlon* | 9.4% | 691 | 701 | 725 | 730 | 828 | 883 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Scanlon | 9.3% | 680 | 694 | 725 | 787 | 840 | 885 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Murray | 9.0% | 663 | 669 | 683 | 790 | 831 | 850 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Deignan* | 8.1% | 595 | 602 | 615 | 642 | 716 | 776 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sherlock* | 7.8% | 571 | 575 | 607 | 682 | 739 | 920 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Carty* | 7.5% | 554 | 559 | 590 | 616 | 649 | |
| | Independent | Alfie Parke | 6.6% | 484 | 502 | 564 | 584 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Shannon* | 5.1% | 372 | 373 | 385 | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | John McCarrick | 3.7% | 271 | 307 | | | | |
| | Labour | Catherine Masiacz | 2% | 150 | 274 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,555 Valid: 7,343 (69.57%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 918 Turnout: 7,393 (70.04%) ||||||||||

### Dromore

Dromore - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Conmy* | 26.2% | 1,102 | 951 | 985 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Conway* | 18.6% | 781 | 837 | 994 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Barrett | 15.3% | 643 | 773 | 931 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Syl Mulligan* | 14.5% | 608 | 620 | 746 | 788 | 840 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Clarke | 12.9% | 541 | 563 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gabriel Healy | 12.6% | 531 | 571 | 667 | 735 | 769 |
| Electorate: 5,920 Valid: 4,206 (71.05%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 842 Turnout: 4,236 (71.55%) |||||||||

### Drumcliffe

Drumcliffe - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Leonard* | 16.9% | 952 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dr. Jimmy Devins | 13.3% | 749 | 758 | 761 | 794 | 852 | 853 | 900 | 932 | 1,020 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Willie Farrell* | 10.7% | 605 | 609 | 620 | 629 | 705 | 707 | 728 | 810 | 836 |
| | Fine Gael | Ita Fox* | 10.1% | 570 | 581 | 656 | 686 | 693 | 698 | 760 | 805 | 895 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Felim O'Rourke | 9.8% | 549 | 557 | 562 | 588 | 628 | 628 | 660 | 674 | 728 |
| | Independent | Michael Carroll | 8.4% | 475 | 484 | 518 | 543 | 580 | 582 | 666 | 721 | 956 |
| | Labour | Stephen McDonagh | 7.91 | 445 | 461 | 466 | 510 | 522 | 522 | 547 | 580 | |
| | Independent Socialist | John Harrison | 5% | 282 | 316 | 334 | 339 | 342 | 344 | 361 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Hugh Slevin | 4.6% | 257 | 268 | 284 | 301 | 312 | 313 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Mulrooney* | 4.3% | 244 | 247 | 253 | 255 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sheelagh Hanly | 3.7% | 206 | 209 | 212 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maureen Regan | 3.1% | 177 | 181 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | Frank Dobbs | 2.1% | 117 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,182 Valid: 5,628 (61.29%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 939 Turnout: 5,678 (61.84%) |||||||||||

### Sligo

Sligo - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Healy | 20.1% | 1,043 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim McGarry | 14.8% | 769 | 795 | 801 | 834 | 873 | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | Declan Bree* | 13.0% | 675 | 697 | 787 | 811 | 875 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McManus* | 9.7% | 506 | 531 | 534 | 578 | 586 | 615 | 670 | 879 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus | 8.3% | 431 | 441 | 442 | 457 | 478 | 490 | 580 | 637 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Henry* | 8.3% | 430 | 444 | 446 | 454 | 468 | 618 | 677 | 752 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roddy McGuinn | 5.9% | 307 | 345 | 345 | 388 | 410 | 437 | 493 | |
| | Labour | Tommy Higgins* | 5.8% | 299 | 305 | 310 | 315 | 334 | 373 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Matt Lyons | 5.1% | 267 | 274 | 274 | 278 | 286 | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Gillen | 3.7% | 194 | 199 | 202 | 208 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Monaghan* | 3.2% | 168 | 189 | 190 | | | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | Pat Fallon | 2.1% | 111 | 113 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,247 Valid: 5,200 (63.05%) Spoilt: 45 Quota: 867 Turnout: 5,245 (63.60%) ||||||||||||

### Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Margaret Gormley* | 25.7% | 1,107 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matt Brennan TD* | 23.4% | 1,009 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Cawley* | 17.3% | 747 | 824 | 872 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Colleary* | 12.7% | 547 | 576 | 637 | 708 | 826 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fleming | 12.2% | 527 | 595 | 614 | 695 | 767 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter McKeon | 4.6% | 199 | 261 | 275 | 283 | |
| | Independent | Denis O'Hara | 4.1% | 176 | 184 | 188 | | |
| Electorate: 5,618 Valid: 4,312 (76.75%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 863 Turnout: 4,347 (77.38%) |||||||||