# 1991 Galway Corporation election

An election to Galway City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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 | 4 | -2 | 4,645 | 27.37 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 4 | +4 | 3,746 | 22.07 | |
| | Fine Gael | 4 | -1 | 3,437 | 20.25 | |
| | Labour | 2 | +1 | 2,242 | 13.21 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | 2,121 | 12.50 | |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | -2 | 484 | 2.85 | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 0 | | 100.00 | — |

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

Galway No.1 - 7 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy* | 10.9% | 825 | 828 | 842 | 853 | 876 | 1,028 | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Declan McDonnell | 10.4% | 789 | 794 | 805 | 813 | 843 | 850 | 852 | 881 | 991 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Bridie O'Flaherty* | 9.2% | 698 | 704 | 723 | 742 | 774 | 787 | 789 | 822 | 971 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fintan Coogan* | 8.0% | 604 | 611 | 622 | 633 | 699 | 732 | 735 | 795 | 843 | 858 | 865 | 896 | 1,005 |
| | Fine Gael | Pádraic McCormack TD* | 7.3% | 556 | 562 | 569 | 579 | 646 | 654 | 655 | 674 | 716 | 722 | 726 | 762 | 816 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Henry O'Connor | 6.4% | 485 | 489 | 502 | 507 | 528 | 598 | 621 | 646 | 659 | 664 | 666 | 936 | 1,008 |
| | Independent | Brendan Smith | 5.7% | 433 | 435 | 467 | 483 | 498 | 507 | 508 | 551 | 586 | 588 | 591 | 611 | 683 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Martin McHugh | 5.5% | 418 | 419 | 424 | 434 | 461 | 467 | 468 | 490 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat McNamara* | 5.5% | 413 | 424 | 436 | 446 | 456 | 476 | 480 | 513 | 527 | 531 | 533 | 551 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Nolan | 5.1% | 386 | 388 | 393 | 394 | 412 | 439 | 480 | 491 | 516 | 521 | 523 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Fox | 4.9% | 374 | 374 | 380 | 386 | 395 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tom Costello | 4.8% | 360 | 362 | 385 | 513 | 542 | 561 | 562 | 683 | 713 | 720 | 724 | 752 | 827 |
| | Workers' Party | Liz Hackett* | 4.5% | 340 | 342 | 367 | 406 | 415 | 434 | 434 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Tierney | 4.5% | 340 | 341 | 348 | 360 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ivan McPhillips | 3.7% | 279 | 282 | 292 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Dave Joyce | 2.9% | 216 | 218 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Edward Manning | 0.8% | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,295 Valid: 7,574 (49.52%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 947 Turnout: 7,655 (50.05%) |||||||||||||||||

### Galway No.2

Galway No.2 - 3 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 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Martin Connolly* | 15.9% | 543 | 552 | 562 | 575 | 591 | 693 | 1,004 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Mulholland* | 15.5% | 527 | 537 | 569 | 599 | 729 | 807 | 909 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cox | 13.4% | 455 | 461 | 485 | 534 | 551 | 637 | 654 | 735 | 762 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony O'Connor | 13.3% | 452 | 455 | 475 | 548 | 571 | 592 | 643 | 714 | 739 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tom Burke | 11.5% | 393 | 397 | 424 | 451 | 474 | 519 | | | |
| | Labour | John Cunningham | 9.5% | 324 | 400 | 426 | 432 | 446 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Walsh | 6.1% | 207 | 210 | 227 | 235 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Carmel Garrett | 5.8% | 199 | 202 | 218 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eileen Manning | 5.3% | 179 | 188 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Noreen Robinson | 3.7% | 126 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,004 Valid: 3,405 (48.62%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 852 Turnout: 3,444 (49.17%) |||||||||||||

### Galway No.3

Galway No.3 - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Labour | Michael D. Higgins TD* | 15.7% | 940 | 959 | 968 | 1,033 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michéal Ó hUiginn* | 13.9% | 832 | 837 | 868 | 879 | 880 | 961 | 989 | 1,026 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Angela Lynch-Lupton* | 10.1% | 608 | 611 | 621 | 631 | 632 | 643 | 666 | 693 | 699 | 723 | 772 | 845 |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Lawless | 9.9% | 595 | 596 | 602 | 608 | 609 | 634 | 651 | 680 | 684 | 708 | 753 | 799 |
| | Independent | Paddy Lally* | 9.2% | 554 | 564 | 567 | 584 | 587 | 594 | 638 | 722 | 729 | 811 | 909 | 972 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Liam Madden | 8.6% | 513 | 514 | 518 | 519 | 520 | 541 | 568 | 584 | 586 | 615 | 657 | 906 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Donal Lyons | 16.5% | 392 | 393 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 406 | 467 | 480 | 481 | 505 | 528 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Byrne | 5.4% | 324 | 326 | 345 | 346 | 346 | 389 | 395 | 420 | 426 | 437 | | |
| | Independent | Tom Browne | 4.2% | 252 | 259 | 260 | 269 | 272 | 276 | 283 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Aidan McCabe | 3.9% | 232 | 223 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 243 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Mullarkey | 3.6% | 213 | 223 | 226 | 253 | 275 | 280 | 293 | 313 | 314 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Doolan | 3.4% | 202 | 202 | 217 | 220 | 220 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Michael Donnelly | 2.4% | 144 | 156 | 157 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Lawless | 1.9% | 111 | 114 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mike Egan | 1.3% | 80 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,664 Valid: 5,992 (47.32%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 999 Turnout: 6,040 (47.69%) ||||||||||||||||