# 1991 Mayo County Council election

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven 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 | 15 | 0 | 25,672 | 47.29 | |
| | Fine Gael | 13 | -1 | 21,656 | 39.89 | |
| | Labour | 1 | +1 | 1,949 | 3.59 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 3,484 | 6.42 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 860 | 0.59 | |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 336 | 0.59 | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | 0 | 54,292 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballina

Ballina - 6 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 | Annie Mae Reape | 15.6% | 1,578 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ernie Caffrey | 12.7% | 1,284 | 1,346 | 1,376 | 1,504 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraic Bourke* | 12.3% | 1,244 | 1,267 | 1,314 | 1,371 | 1,571 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Molloy | 11.9% | 1,200 | 1,206 | 1,218 | 1,238 | 1,253 | 1,275 | 1,290 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Devaney* | 11.5% | 1,160 | 1,169 | 1,172 | 1,216 | 1,414 | 1,459 | |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Staunton* | 11.2% | 1,132 | 1,148 | 1,153 | 1,230 | 1,530 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Glacken* | 8.5% | 857 | 879 | 903 | 1,125 | 1,162 | 1,189 | 1,200 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Naughten | 7.9% | 801 | 813 | 819 | 873 | | | |
| | Independent | Tony Durkan | 6.2% | 630 | 687 | 694 | | | | |
| | Labour | Dick Melrose | 2.2% | 221 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,551 Valid: 10,107 (64.99%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 10,188 (65.51%) |||||||||||

### Castlebar

Castlebar - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Al McDonnell* | 19.7% | 1,851 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Enda Kenny TD* | 14.1% | 1,327 | 1,343 | 1,497 | 1,628 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard Morrin* | 12.08 | 1,204 | 1,284 | 1,362 | 1,565 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Burke* | 11.1% | 1,047 | 1,097 | 1,178 | 1,236 | 1,646 | |
| | Labour | Johnny Mee | 10.6% | 999 | 1,006 | 1,161 | 1,210 | 1,441 | 1,508 |
| | Fianna Fáil | George O'Malley | 8.9% | 834 | 886 | 920 | 1,146 | 1,233 | 1,246 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Coady | 8.6% | 806 | 813 | 873 | 886 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Regina Mulrooney | 7.6% | 713 | 772 | 797 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Kevin Bourke | 6.5% | 613 | 627 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,146 Valid: 9,394 (66.41%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 9,471 (66.95%) ||||||||||

### Claremorris

Claremorris- 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 | Jim Higgins TD* | 14.8% | 1,862 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Morley TD* | 12.1% | 1,517 | 1,580 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick McHugh* | 10.0% | 1,254 | 1,260 | 1,271 | 1,292 | 1,370 | 1,801 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Heneghan* | 9.6% | 1,209 | 1,211 | 1,236 | 1,377 | 1,388 | 1,541 | 1,709 | | |
| | Independent | Richard Finn | 9.1% | 1,141 | 1,179 | 1,239 | 1,291 | 1,504 | 1,726 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Mannion* | 8.7% | 1,095 | 1,122 | 1,156 | 1,243 | 1,482 | 1,557 | 1,599 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Raftery* | 7.5% | 942 | 946 | 970 | 1,205 | 1,237 | 1,244 | 1,248 | 1,252 | 1,257 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Fitzpatrick* | 7.3% | 913 | 916 | 949 | 979 | 1,085 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Higgins | 6.8% | 860 | 946 | 962 | 975 | 1,102 | 1,138 | 1,149 | 1,174 | 1,188 |
| | Fine Gael | Ray Leonard | 6.0% | 761 | 812 | 862 | 891 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Michael Ryan | 12.5% | 691 | 694 | 739 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Murphy | 12.5% | 297 | 300 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Robinson | 0.3% | 44 | 46 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,132 Valid: 12,586 (69.41%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,574 Turnout: 12,666 (69.85%) |||||||||||||

### Killala

Killala - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Padraig Cosgrove* | 22.6% | 1,350 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Vinnie Munnelly* | 17.4% | 1,039 | 1,069 | 1,077 | 1,086 | 1,087 | 1,104 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Quinn* | 16.6% | 994 | 1,041 | 1,309 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Golden | 15.9% | 949 | 963 | 1,005 | 1,019 | 1,127 | 1,139 |
| | Fine Gael | John Noel Carey* | 15.8% | 945 | 1,000 | 1,122 | 1,254 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Goonan | 14.05 | 496 | 511 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tony Mullarkey | 2.8% | 169 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Tighe | 0.5% | 29 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,176 Valid: 5,971 (65.07%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,195 Turnout: 6,044 (65.87%) ||||||||||

### Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Maloney | 22.1% | 1,423 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Flannery* | 18.6% | 1,200 | 1,211 | 1,215 | 1,383 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Oliver | 15.7% | 1,009 | 1,035 | 1,087 | 1,318 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Dunne* | 14.9% | 959 | 967 | 1,006 | 1,040 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean McEvoy* | 14.0% | 901 | 924 | 956 | 1,342 |
| | Fine Gael | Joseph Mellett | 12.9% | 830 | 861 | 868 | |
| | Independent | Tony McDonagh | 1.9% | 121 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,877 Valid: 6,443 (65.23%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 6,505 (65.86%) ||||||||

### Westport

Westport - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Ring | 21.1% | 2,063 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin J. O'Toole TD* | 17.21 | 1,697 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Kilbane* | 16.4% | 1,601 | 1,774 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Chambers* | 15.7% | 1,538 | 1,564 | 1,584 | 1,662 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Hughes* | 12.7% | 1,244 | 1,364 | 1,410 | 1,576 |
| | Independent | Denis Gallagher | 10.1% | 989 | 1,007 | 1,035 | 1,130 |
| | Labour | Maurice Rice | 4.4% | 432 | 499 | 558 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Joe Kilcoyne | 2.2% | 227 | 254 | | |
| Electorate: 13,691 Valid: 9,791 (71.5%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 9,899 (72.3%) ||||||||