# 1999 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | - | 11,849 | 39.13 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | -2 | 10,656 | 35.19 | |
| | Labour | 2 | +1 | 2,859 | 9.44 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 1,206 | 3.98 | |
| | Independent | 2 | - | 3,497 | 11.55 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | - | 30,279 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymote

Ballymote - 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 | Eamon Scanlon* | 16.00 | 991 | 1,014 | 1,028 | 1,053 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Murray* | 13.25 | 821 | 833 | 847 | 865 | 1,173 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Conlon* | 12.59 | 780 | 784 | 798 | 899 | 946 | 959 | 972 |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Conlon* | 11.48 | 711 | 717 | 738 | 856 | 985 | 1,065 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sherlock* | 11.28 | 699 | 721 | 798 | 867 | 917 | 927 | 930 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Rogers | 10.73 | 665 | 697 | 723 | 769 | | | |
| | Independent | Alfie Parke | 10.22 | 633 | 651 | 702 | 793 | 949 | 986 | 1,002 |
| | Independent | Thomas Walsh | 7.96 | 493 | 495 | 521 | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Lavin | 3.86 | 239 | 274 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tim Mulcahy | 2.63 | 163 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,009 Valid: 6,195 (68.76%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,265 (69.54%) |||||||||||

### Dromore

Dromore - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Conmy* | 23.16 | 890 | 951 | 985 | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Barrett* | 23.08 | 887 | 1,110 | | |
| | Independent | Gabriel Healy | 19.67 | 756 | 874 | 927 | 937 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Queenan | 18.58 | 714 | 882 | 944 | 951 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Clarke | 15.51 | 596 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,256 Valid: 3,843 (73.12%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 961 Turnout: 3,896 (74.12%) ||||||||

### Sligo Drumcliff

Sligo Drumcliff - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Leonard* | 21.76 | 1,482 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dr. Jimmy Devins* | 16.50 | 1,124 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Barry* | 13.55 | 923 | 1,127 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ita Fox* | 9.38 | 639 | 719 | 746 | 773 | 835 | 984 | |
| | Labour | Brian Scanlon | 8.41 | 573 | 583 | 584 | 600 | 708 | 747 | 817 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pádraig Branley | 7.93 | 540 | 562 | 596 | 643 | 706 | 757 | 992 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cyril O'Connor | 6.14 | 418 | 438 | 447 | 475 | 500 | 552 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Peyton | 5.84 | 398 | 439 | 450 | 465 | 479 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Barnes Murphy | 5.54 | 377 | 443 | 466 | 478 | 522 | 653 | 738 |
| | Labour | John Harrison | 4.95 | 337 | 402 | 450 | 455 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,084 Valid: 6,811 (61.45%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 974 Turnout: 6,966 (62.85%) |||||||||||

### Sligo Strandhill

Sligo Strandhill - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Tony McLoughlin* | 20.16 | 1,641 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Declan Bree* | 19.00 | 1,547 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus | 14.81 | 1,206 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim McGarry* | 13.08 | 1,065 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Perry | 8.12 | 661 | 951 | 1,095 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Albert Higgins | 7.90 | 643 | 726 | 802 | 831 | 842 | 851 | 879 | 922 | 1,086 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Kilgannon* | 4.97 | 405 | 460 | 510 | 531 | 543 | 551 | 575 | 593 | 691 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McDonald | 4.78 | 389 | 469 | 518 | 548 | 561 | 566 | 574 | 591 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roddy McGuinn | 4.57 | 372 | 430 | 538 | 593 | 605 | 619 | 638 | 697 | 814 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jim Lawlor | 1.42 | 116 | 153 | 186 | 199 | 212 | 216 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tony Clarke | 1.18 | 96 | 116 | 185 | 225 | 241 | 248 | 302 | | |
| Electorate: 13,013 Valid: 8,141 (62.56%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 8,285 (63.67%) |||||||||||||

### Tobercurry

Tobercurry - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Margaret Gormley* | 22.56 | 1,193 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Cawley* | 12.80 | 677 | 703 | 753 | 864 | 994 | 1,148 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Colleary* | 11.72 | 620 | 627 | 719 | 745 | 875 | 1,087 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Syl Mulligan* | 10.42 | 551 | 561 | 597 | 689 | 712 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fleming* | 10.04 | 531 | 553 | 590 | 731 | 841 | 924 | 977 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Helen Brennan | 9.49 | 502 | 511 | 588 | 604 | 714 | 862 | 899 |
| | Independent | Colm O'Donnell | 7.98 | 422 | 440 | 512 | 548 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Kivlehan | 7.64 | 404 | 419 | 436 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Shannon | 7.35 | 389 | 417 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,582 Valid: 5,289 (80.36%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,058 Turnout: 5,341 (81.15%) |||||||||||