# 1999 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 14 | +2 | 14,166 | 40.14 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | +1 | 9,167 | 25.97 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 3,373 | 9.56 | |
| | Labour | 1 | -1 | 2,573 | 7.29 | |
| | Independent | 3 | 0 | 3,818 | 10.82 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -2 | 721 | 2.04 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | 0 | 35,294 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ardee

Ardee - 5 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Lennon* | 14.03 | 969 | 972 | 1,018 | 1,041 | 1,066 | 1,113 | 1,126 | 1,324 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly* | 13.89 | 959 | 962 | 967 | 971 | 975 | 1,014 | 1,075 | 1,160 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Clare | 10.22 | 706 | 713 | 723 | 728 | 737 | 767 | 796 | 862 | 877 | 961 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nicholas McCabe* | 9.20 | 635 | 636 | 661 | 692 | 706 | 735 | 756 | 793 | 803 | 1,051 |
| | Fine Gael | Finnan McCoy* | 8.85 | 611 | 613 | 640 | 685 | 750 | 785 | 826 | 903 | 980 | 1,173 |
| | Independent | Hugh D. Conlon* | 8.37 | 578 | 595 | 619 | 632 | 649 | 696 | 740 | 820 | 855 | 884 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas McGrory | 7.60 | 525 | 526 | 545 | 550 | 556 | 580 | 634 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig McKenny | 7.46 | 515 | 516 | 523 | 562 | 599 | 636 | 674 | 693 | 695 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pearse McGeough | 5.40 | 373 | 377 | 378 | 387 | 401 | 427 | | | | |
| | Green | Neil McCann | 4.58 | 316 | 322 | 327 | 351 | 388 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Leonard Hatrick | 3.40 | 235 | 236 | 240 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry Halpenny | 3.16 | 218 | 242 | 246 | 271 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jeremiah McCarthy | 2.77 | 191 | 192 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Donnchadha MacRaghnaill | 1.07 | 74 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,138 Valid: 6,905 (48.84%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 7,009 (49.58%) ||||||||||||||

### Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 5 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Tully* | 12.40 | 869 | 876 | 884 | 922 | 941 | 1,065 | 1,083 | 1,108 | 1,163 | 1,180 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Mulroy* | 10.46 | 733 | 746 | 772 | 793 | 822 | 849 | 911 | 1,136 | 1,330 | |
| | Independent | Frank Godfrey* | 10.16 | 712 | 737 | 798 | 845 | 901 | 936 | 1,016 | 1,113 | 1,208 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jacqui McConville | 9.66 | 677 | 683 | 696 | 735 | 749 | 800 | 830 | 866 | 1,033 | 1,094 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Dowd | 7.99 | 560 | 582 | 630 | 673 | 708 | 854 | 888 | 966 | 1,012 | 1,038 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Murphy* | 7.76 | 544 | 555 | 562 | 568 | 584 | 591 | 632 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Coyle | 7.63 | 535 | 542 | 563 | 574 | 602 | 616 | 658 | 721 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Maeve Healy | 6.11 | 428 | 438 | 448 | 464 | 494 | 509 | | | | |
| | Labour | Tommy Moore | 6.06 | 425 | 436 | 448 | 483 | 607 | 625 | 692 | 756 | 813 | 823 |
| | Fine Gael | Christopher Douglas | 5.92 | 415 | 418 | 427 | 449 | 466 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Finian Branigan | 4.95 | 347 | 351 | 382 | 412 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Bernadette Martin | 4.28 | 300 | 331 | 356 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Byrne | 4.02 | 282 | 294 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sheila Martin | 2.58 | 181 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,991 Valid: 7,008 (43.82%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,169 Turnout: 7,099 (44.39%) ||||||||||||||

### Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 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 | Senator Fergus O'Dowd* | 21.92 | 1,083 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maria Campbell-O'Brien* | 11.17 | 552 | 559 | 573 | 594 | 643 | 672 | 751 | 883 | 973 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Collins | 10.71 | 529 | 536 | 545 | 562 | 582 | 627 | 688 | 867 | 955 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josie Carolan | 8.99 | 444 | 444 | 445 | 454 | 472 | 478 | 490 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eugene Byrne | 8.12 | 401 | 426 | 451 | 459 | 495 | 521 | 545 | 598 | 678 |
| | Labour | Patsy Kirwan* | 8.06 | 398 | 410 | 419 | 484 | 526 | 569 | 637 | 655 | 739 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ken O'Heiligh | 7.69 | 380 | 384 | 391 | 404 | 435 | 449 | | | |
| | Independent | Malachy Godfrey | 6.15 | 304 | 311 | 320 | 348 | 380 | 500 | 558 | 589 | |
| | Green | Michael McKeon | 5.45 | 269 | 274 | 280 | 300 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Godfrey | 5.38 | 266 | 279 | 289 | 304 | 334 | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerald Nash | 4.43 | 219 | 222 | 226 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Clarke | 1.92 | 95 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,979 Valid: 4,940 (44.99%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 989 Turnout: 5,011 (45.64%) |||||||||||||

### Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Savage* | 17.86 | 1,578 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Arthur Morgan | 16.55 | 1,462 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Terry Brennan* | 11.23 | 992 | 1,069 | 1,090 | 1,270 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Keelan* | 10.28 | 908 | 952 | 976 | 1,000 | 1,065 | 1,165 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Miceal O'Donnell* | 9.63 | 851 | 970 | 1,028 | 1,084 | 1,127 | 1,227 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Byrne | 9.57 | 845 | 867 | 882 | 900 | 1,033 | 1,152 |
| | Fine Gael | Johnny McGahon | 8.82 | 726 | 740 | 755 | 863 | 987 | 1,142 |
| | Labour | Jackie Callan | 5.99 | 529 | 532 | 569 | 597 | 682 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jim Cousins* | 5.50 | 486 | 491 | 505 | 533 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Keenan | 5.17 | 457 | 488 | 503 | | | |
| Electorate: 17,472 Valid: 8,834 (50.56%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: 9,036 (51.72%) ||||||||||

### Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 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 | Declan Breathnach* | 19.02 | 1,447 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Bellew* | 12.71 | 967 | 996 | 1,039 | 1,091 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy | 10.58 | 805 | 835 | 839 | 901 | 983 | 1,253 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Kenna* | 9.60 | 730 | 747 | 766 | 792 | 819 | 842 | 851 | 893 | 902 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Lennon* | 8.49 | 646 | 765 | 781 | 818 | 857 | 923 | 962 | 1,225 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Lynch | 7.78 | 592 | 622 | 629 | 673 | 720 | 748 | 758 | 896 | 996 |
| | Independent | Dr. Mary Grehan | 6.94 | 528 | 573 | 582 | 638 | 744 | 819 | 900 | 978 | 1,007 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pearse O'Hanrahan | 6.18 | 470 | 505 | 520 | 547 | 585 | 626 | 653 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen Burns | 6.15 | 468 | 496 | 505 | 517 | 579 | | | | |
| | Green | Liam Kieran | 5.18 | 394 | 407 | 420 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Constance Short | 4.77 | 363 | 375 | 422 | 486 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Short | 2.59 | 197 | 199 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,367 Valid: 7,607 (46.48%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 7,711 (47.11%) |||||||||||||