# 1999 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five 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).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | - | 6,397 | 35.25 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | - | 5,501 | 30.31 | |
| | Labour | 3 | -1 | 3,193 | 17.59 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | - | 793 | 4.37 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 658 | 3.63 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 18,149 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Borris

Borris - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Green | Mary White | 21.98 | 582 | 627 | 700 |
| | Labour | Michael Meaney* | 20.73 | 549 | 584 | 647 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Doyle* | 19.45 | 515 | 550 | 604 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dolores Barron | 16.99 | 450 | 509 | 654 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Siobhan Minchin | 13.18 | 349 | 365 | |
| | Independent | Bridie Lawlor | 7.67 | 203 | | |
| Electorate: 4,591 Valid: 2,648 (57.68%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 663 Turnout: 2,682 (58.42%) |||||||

### Carlow No.1

Carlow No.1 - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Murnane* | 22.78 | 519 | 537 | 655 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe McDonald | 19.80 | 451 | 482 | 517 | 546 |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Alcock* | 16.68 | 380 | 471 | 556 | 599 |
| | Labour | Des Hurley* | 15.14 | 345 | 370 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Senator Jim Gibbons Jnr | 14.93 | 340 | 395 | 457 | 469 |
| | Fine Gael | Colette Fennelly | 10.67 | 243 | | | |
| Electorate: 4,869 Valid: 2,278 (46.79%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 570 Turnout: 2,322 (47.69%) ||||||||

### Carlow No.2

Carlow No.2 - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | John Browne TD* | 17.39 | 625 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Abbey* | 16.72 | 601 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | M.J. Nolan TD* | 14.30 | 514 | 523 | 565 | 569 | 624 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Walter Lacey* | 12.60 | 453 | 468 | 508 | 516 | 622 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rody Kelly | 10.77 | 387 | 400 | 443 | 447 | 499 | 511 |
| | Labour | Tony O'Sullivan | 9.54 | 343 | 359 | 386 | 391 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nicholas Carpenter* | 9.10 | 327 | 348 | 400 | 404 | 468 | 480 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor | 6.12 | 220 | 232 | | | | |
| | Independent | Conor Dowling | 3.45 | 124 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,791 Valid: 3,594 (40.88%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 600 Turnout: 3,659 (41.62%) ||||||||||

### Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Jim Townsend* | 15.23 | 671 | 706 | 719 | 727 | 754 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Enda Nolan* | 13.30 | 586 | 588 | 590 | 621 | 633 | 691 | 776 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Foley | 12.48 | 550 | 552 | 558 | 578 | 640 | 677 | 748 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Arthur McDonald* | 10.92 | 481 | 483 | 495 | 540 | 562 | 634 | 690 |
| | Labour | John Clarke | 10.05 | 443 | 456 | 468 | 508 | 516 | 528 | 582 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary McDonald* | 9.01 | 397 | 405 | 413 | 417 | 486 | 537 | 675 |
| | Independent | Martin Nevin | 7.99 | 352 | 355 | 382 | 391 | 410 | 490 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Cullen | 7.47 | 329 | 337 | 344 | 348 | 360 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Hughes | 5.38 | 237 | 240 | 243 | 247 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kiely | 3.95 | 174 | 176 | 179 | | | | |
| | Independent | John McNally | 2.32 | 102 | 176 | 179 | | | | |
| | Labour | Liz Dunne | 1.91 | 84 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,148 Valid: 4,406 (54.07%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 735 Turnout: 4,483 (55.02%) |||||||||||

### Tullow

Tullow - 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 |
| | Labour | William Paton | 18.11 | 842 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fred Hunter* | 14.54 | 676 | 684 | 691 | 712 | 768 | 915 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Pender* | 14.00 | 651 | 660 | 673 | 718 | 735 | 825 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Deering* | 13.31 | 619 | 627 | 639 | 649 | 690 | 860 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Kennedy | 10.71 | 498 | 502 | 505 | 516 | 522 | 531 | 545 | 564 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kavanagh | 9.92 | 461 | 464 | 468 | 498 | 601 | 627 | 651 | 688 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat O'Toole* | 8.52 | 396 | 412 | 431 | 454 | 506 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Murphy | 5.64 | 262 | 263 | 266 | 298 | | | | |
| | Independent | Billy Nolan | 3.61 | 168 | 188 | 194 | | | | | |
| | Green | Danny Kelly | 1.63 | 76 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,611 Valid: 4,649 (53.99%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 775 Turnout: 4,721 (54.83%) ||||||||||||