# 1991 Limerick Corporation election

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 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% | ±% |
| | Labour | 5 | +4 | 4,822 | 22.94 | |
| | Fine Gael | 4 | -2 | 4,618 | 21.97 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 3 | +3 | 2,765 | 13.15 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 2 | -3 | 4,267 | 20.30 | |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | +1 | 751 | 3.57 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 3,518 | 16.74 | |
| | Democratic Socialist | 0 | -3 | N/A | N/A | |
| Totals | Totals | 17 | 0 | 21,019 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Limerick No.1

Limerick No.1 - 4 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 | Willie O'Dea TD | 23% | 1,104 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tim Leddin* | 17.3% | 827 | 843 | 846 | 863 | 867 | 876 | 964 | |
| | Labour | Frank Prendergast* | 15% | 719 | 738 | 747 | 767 | 842 | 893 | 1,004 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Quinn* | 10.9% | 523 | 535 | 536 | 555 | 563 | 602 | 640 | 875 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tim O'Driscoll* | 10.2% | 489 | 502 | 511 | 532 | 557 | 628 | 656 | 756 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Frank O'Mahony | 7.3% | 349 | 357 | 361 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 413 | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Prendergast | 6% | 286 | 293 | 298 | 311 | 324 | 334 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom Clancy | 4.5% | 217 | 222 | 233 | 237 | 253 | | | |
| | Labour | Judy O'Donoghue | 2.8% | 134 | 138 | 153 | 155 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Garrett Ryan | 1.8% | 87 | 146 | 147 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | David Lee | 1.2% | 58 | 60 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,410 Valid: 4,793 (56.99%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 959 Turnout: 4,837 (57.51%) ||||||||||||

### Limerick No.2

Limerick No.2 - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | 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 | 12 | 13 |
| | Independent | John Gilligan | 15.4% | 1,115 | 1,126 | 1,138 | 1,147 | 1,160 | 1,174 | 1,188 | 1,212 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jan O'Sullivan* | 12.4% | 894 | 906 | 941 | 952 | 969 | 1,061 | 1,117 | 1,143 | 1,182 | 1,212 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | John Ryan | 9.6% | 693 | 699 | 713 | 716 | 738 | 745 | 755 | 772 | 834 | 854 | 1,085 | 1,087 | 1,089 |
| | Fine Gael | Gus O'Driscoll* | 9.2% | 666 | 672 | 677 | 711 | 716 | 726 | 802 | 825 | 983 | 1,033 | 1,126 | 1,128 | 1,132 |
| | Independent | Michael Crowe | 8.1% | 588 | 592 | 604 | 619 | 643 | 654 | 671 | 695 | 799 | 831 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Kieran O'Hanlon | 7.5% | 539 | 541 | 545 | 560 | 567 | 616 | 800 | 832 | 851 | 919 | 1,036 | 1,037 | 1,038 |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Kiely* | 6.1% | 443 | 443 | 451 | 474 | 486 | 488 | 494 | 507 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Madden* | 6% | 436 | 439 | 441 | 448 | 489 | 508 | 517 | 637 | 676 | 919 | 1,026 | 1,029 | 1,030 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Joan Stockil | 5% | 364 | 369 | 371 | 381 | 389 | 393 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kiely | 5% | 362 | 362 | 364 | 375 | 403 | 408 | 415 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Larry Cross* | 5% | 358 | 359 | 372 | 380 | 412 | 418 | 420 | 533 | 546 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peggy McInerney | 2.9% | 212 | 214 | 214 | 218 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael McMahon | 2.6% | 189 | 190 | 213 | 224 | 225 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ronnie Madden | 2.2% | 159 | 163 | 163 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joe Bennis | 1.9% | 139 | 140 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Pat O'Doherty | 0.8% | 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,063 Valid: 7,218 (59.84%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,204 Turnout: 7,284 (60.38%) |||||||||||||||||

### Limerick No.3

Limerick No.3 - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Jim Kemmy TD* | 31.4% | 1,418 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Harrington* | 20% | 905 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Bourke* | 12.7% | 574 | 621 | 652 | 675 | 793 | 863 |
| | Fine Gael | Ger Fahy* | 11.8% | 533 | 699 | 701 | 707 | 730 | 740 |
| | Labour | Frank Leddin | 10.2% | 459 | 754 | 756 | 772 | 791 | 871 |
| | Independent | Billy Morgan | 5.5% | 249 | 306 | 315 | 344 | 382 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim McMahon | 4.1% | 186 | 217 | 224 | 231 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony O'Neill | 2.8% | 125 | 143 | 156 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Donovan | 1.5% | 66 | 76 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,405 Valid: 4,515 (53.72%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 904 Turnout: 4,555 (54.19%) ||||||||||

### Limerick No.4

Limerick No.4 - 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 | Bobby Byrne* | 19.6% | 879 | 883 | 889 | 907 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sean Griffin | 19.4% | 870 | 913 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Pat Kennedy* | 15.6% | 700 | 709 | 723 | 749 | 810 | 966 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Dick Sadlier | 11.2% | 501 | 501 | 503 | 532 | 577 | 739 | 744 | 750 | 793 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Connor* | 10.3% | 463 | 471 | 493 | 502 | 662 | 735 | 737 | 739 | 763 |
| | Independent | Win Harrington* | 9.4% | 421 | 359 | 408 | 429 | 458 | 478 | 519 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Brazier | 7.1% | 318 | 285 | 294 | 297 | 307 | 401 | | | |
| | Independent | John McGrath | 3.2% | 142 | 224 | 233 | 240 | 247 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cremins | 2.2% | 101 | 155 | 161 | 170 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Noel Hannan | 2.2% | 98 | 87 | 95 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,003 Valid: 4,493 (56.14%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 899 Turnout: 4,522 (56.5%) |||||||||||||