# 1991 Leitrim County Council election

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 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 | 6,735 | 43.35 | |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | +1 | 5,481 | 35.28 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | -1 | 1,398 | 9.0 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | 1 | 0 | 402 | 2.6 | |
| | Independent | 2 | +1 | 1,485 | 9.6 | |
| Totals | Totals | 22 | 0 | 15,535 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Reynolds TD* | 18.3% | 766 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Ellis TD* | 17.2% | 720 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | J.J. Shortt* | 16.3% | 680 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam McGirl* | 16.0% | 667 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien Brennan* | 13.2% | 552 | 609 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy McCartin* | 10.4% | 435 | 535 | 563 | 579 | 619 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Rourke | 8.6% | 358 | 370 | 465 | 532 | 562 |
| Electorate: 5,674 Valid: 4,178 (73.63%) Spoilt: 24 Quota: 597 Turnout: 4,202 (74.06%) |||||||||

### Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Mulligan* | 13.4% | 565 | 578 | 605 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Guckian* | 13.3% | 563 | 596 | 639 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Faughnan | 11.7% | 497 | 535 | 564 | 571 | 701 | |
| | Independent | Pascal McKeon* | 11.7% | 494 | 512 | 534 | 534 | 547 | 573 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McGowan | 11.3% | 480 | 512 | 529 | 532 | 536 | 545 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry McGee* | 9.9% | 420 | 421 | 431 | 432 | 437 | 450 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn* | 9.5% | 400 | 408 | 483 | 499 | 685 | |
| | Fine Gael | Ann Harman | 8.% | 339 | 360 | 415 | 420 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin McTiernan | 6.7% | 285 | 302 | | | | |
| | Independent | Des Guckian | 4.4% | 187 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,706 Valid: 4,230 (74.13%) Spoilt: 28 Quota: 605 Turnout: 4,258 (74.62%) ||||||||||

### Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim McPadden* | 13.3% | 479 | 501 | 527 | 539 | 638 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan* | 12.2% | 437 | 478 | 483 | 490 | 510 | 514 | 514 | 663 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Paschal Mooney | 11.7% | 422 | 426 | 467 | 483 | 555 | 567 | 569 | 600 |
| | Fine Gael | John McTernan | 11% | 397 | 406 | 407 | 408 | 444 | 459 | 460 | 624 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stasia Carre | 10.7% | 385 | 401 | 402 | 405 | 411 | 411 | 411 | |
| | Independent | Gerry Dolan | 9.6% | 344 | 372 | 418 | 529 | 604 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Gilmartin | 8.7% | 313 | 314 | 333 | 386 | 405 | 412 | 413 | 453 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Wynne | 8.2% | 295 | 302 | 326 | 340 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis Guckian | 5.4% | 193 | 209 | 226 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Moran | 4.9% | 175 | 182 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Gallagher | 4.3% | 154 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,569 Valid: 3,594 (78.7%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 600 Turnout: 3,628 (79.4%) ||||||||||||

### Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 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 | Tony Ferguson* | 21.2% | 742 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aodh Flynn* | 14.6% | 511 | 542 | 548 | 602 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Charles Cullen* | 12.7% | 444 | 457 | 462 | 501 | 504 | 648 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Larry McGowan* | 11.5% | 402 | 421 | 451 | 534 | 541 | 673 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Dolan | 10.3% | 361 | 366 | 369 | 386 | 388 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Siobhán McGloin | 10% | 351 | 381 | 420 | 456 | 458 | 526 | 552 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Connolly | 8.7% | 304 | 349 | 365 | 387 | 391 | 409 | 442 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Colreavy | 7.2% | 253 | 261 | 285 | | | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Declan Curneen | 3.7% | 131 | 138 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,766 Valid: 3,533 (74.13%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 584 Turnout: 3,569 (74.88%) |||||||||||