Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Cavan County Council election Map showing the area of Cavan County Council
Council control after election TBD
An election to Cavan County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections . 25 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.[ 1] [ 2]
The Cavan Road Action Group won four seats; not a registered political party, it was a single-issue pressure group focused on the poor state of the surfaces of Cavan's local roads .[ 3]
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±% Fianna Fáil 11 -3 11,312 42.8 -10.73 Fine Gael 9 -1 9,393 35.5 -0.86 Cavan Road Action Group 4 +4 3,694 14.0 New Independent 1 0 1,045 3.9 -3.96 Totals 25 0 26,456 100.0 —
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] Bailieborough - 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cavan Road Action Group Winston Turner 12.8% 958 Fine Gael Aidan Boyle 11.6% 863 866 895 896 1,121 Fianna Fáil Michael Giles * 11.4% 850 852 861 862 871 877 880 1,028 Fianna Fáil Clifford Kelly * 11.4% 848 849 940 Fine Gael Timothy Ryan * 10% 746 751 890 892 1,054 Independent May Coleman 9.2% 683 688 710 710 741 831 884 916 925 Fianna Fáil Michael Smith * 7.8% 579 581 588 589 614 631 634 803 863 Fianna Fáil Turlough Smith* 7.4% 551 553 558 558 584 594 604 712 738 Fianna Fáil Francis McDermott 7.0% 525 527 537 538 574 586 600 Fine Gael Denis Reynolds* 5.8% 434 436 535 536 Fine Gael Jim Patterson 5.7% 424 425 Electorate: 11,113 Valid: 7,461 (67.14%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 933 Turnout: 7,544 (67.88%)
Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Fine Gael Paddy O'Reilly * 14.4 876 Fine Gael Dessie Boylan * 11.7 711 994 Fianna Fáil Danny Brady * 11.3 690 702 703 939 Fine Gael Philip Miney * 11% 669 726 812 858 864 Cavan Road Action Group Seamus Harten 10.9 664 732 752 877 Fianna Fáil Francie Fitzsimons 10.7 654 717 727 830 872 Fianna Fáil Aidan O'Dwyer 10.6 647 676 678 779 799 Fianna Fáil Patsy Sheridan 10.4 633 652 656 Fine Gael Robert Faussett* 9% 547 Electorate: 9,442 Valid: 6,091 (64.51%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 871 Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%)
Belturbet - 5 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cavan Road Action Group Matthew Fitzpatrick 19.5 1,071 Fianna Fáil Seán Smith * 16.1 885 898 969 Fianna Fáil Eddie Feeley * 12.7 696 700 709 729 737 835 858 Fianna Fáil Anthony Vesey * 10.7 588 615 658 730 763 851 1,009 Fine Gael Maura Maguire * 10.3 564 591 646 713 722 757 860 Fine Gael Eamon Dolan* 7.9 432 448 450 463 464 525 652 Sinn Féin Peadar Neary 7.3 400 417 422 441 443 Fine Gael Seamus Fitzpatrick 7.1 392 425 438 466 467 493 Independent May Smith 4.7 256 267 278 Fianna Fáil Pat Tiernan 3.7 204 212 Electorate: 7,763 Valid: 5,488 (70.69%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 915 Turnout: 5,537 (71.33%)
Cavan - 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cavan Road Action Group Dolores Smith 13.5 1,001 Fine Gael Andrew Boylan TD * 12.1 895 906 918 937 Fianna Fáil Gerry Murray * 12% 891 905 912 957 Fine Gael Andrew O'Brien 9% 670 676 688 712 713 768 806 1,034 Fianna Fáil T.P. Smith * 8.8% 654 659 673 720 725 753 800 829 841 Fine Gael Paddy O'Reilly 8.6% 641 645 651 669 669 742 788 953 Fianna Fáil Diarmuid Wilson 7.5% 553 557 582 606 611 648 699 737 745 Fine Gael Senator Joe O'Reilly * 7.1% 529 541 543 569 572 614 631 Fianna Fáil Patrick Conaty * 6.7% 497 501 510 528 532 578 777 815 831 Fianna Fáil Breda Elliot 4.9% 367 368 372 381 391 422 Labour Paul Dolan 4.3% 320 324 333 379 380 Sinn Féin Joe Ennis 3.9% 292 296 302 Independent Mary Smith 1.4 106 110 Electorate: 9,442 Valid: 6,091 (64.5%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 871 Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%)