1994 Irish local elections explained

The 1994 Irish local elections for borough and town councillors and commissioners were held on Thursday, 9 June 1994. The election to the urban district council in Castlebar was postponed to Saturday, 18 June 1994 due to the death of a candidate. There was no poll for Cootehill, as there were nine candidates for the nine town commissioners.

Elections to county and city councils had been held in 1991. The municipal elections were postponed in 1991 to allow the enactment of the Local Government Act 1994, under which the boundaries of many towns were altered.[1] The 1994 European Parliament election, Údarás na Gaeltachta election, and Dáil by-elections in Dublin South-Central and Mayo West were held on the same day.

Results

The total electorate was 429,431, from which 251,605 votes were cast, giving a turnout of 58.59%. There were 2,555 spoilt votes.

Partydata-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"Seatsdata-sort-type="number"% seats
83,580 33.56 273 36.69
48,871 19.62 174 23.39
31,697 12.73 77 10.35
9,865 3.96 24 3.23
8,077 3.24 18 2.42
6,264 2.52 11 1.48
2,807 1.13 6 0.81
531 0.21 1 0.13
456 0.18 1 0.13
17 0.01 0 0
56,885 22.84 159 21.37
Total 249,050 100.00 744 100.00

Details

The council column notes the status of the authority: Borough corporation (BC), urban district council (UDC), or town commissioners (TC).

TownCouncil
data-sort-type="number"Seatsdata-sort-type="number"FF data-sort-type="number"FGdata-sort-type="number"Labdata-sort-type="number"SFdata-sort-type="number"PDdata-sort-type="number"DLdata-sort-type="number"Greendata-sort-type="number"Other
BC 12 4 1 1 1 5
BC 12 4 2 4 2
BC 12 5 3 2 2
BC 12 3 3 2 2 2
BC 12 4 2 3 1 2
UDC 9 3 1 2 3
UDC 9 4 2 1 2
UDC 9 3 2 2 2
UDC 9 3 3 3
UDC 9 4 4 1
UDC 9 3 3 1 2
UDC 12 5 1 2 4
UDC 9 2 2 1 4
UDC 9 3 1 5
UDC 9 4 2 2 1
UDC 9 4 2 3
UDC 9 3 2 1 1 1 1
UDC 9 4 2 1 1 1
UDC 9 3 3 1 2
UDC 9 4 2 1 2
UDC 9 5 3 1
UDC 9 4 1 1 1 2
UDC 9 3 2 3 1
UDC 9 2 2 1 1 3
UDC 12 4 4 1 1 2
UDC 9 2 1 3 1 2
UDC 9 4 2 1 2
UDC 9 3 3 3
UDC 9 4 2 1 1 1
UDC 9 3 3 1 2
UDC 9 4 1 1 3
UDC 9 3 2 1 3
UDC 9 4 2 1 2
UDC 9 4 1 1 3
UDC 9 3 4 1 1
UDC 9 4 3 2
UDC 9 4 3 1 1
UDC 9 3 2 1 2 1
UDC 9 3 2 1 3
UDC 9 2 2 3 2
UDC 9 3 1 1 1 3
UDC 9 3 2 1 1 1 1
UDC 9 4 1 2 2
UDC 9 3 1 2 1 2
UDC 9 2 2 1 4
UDC 9 2 4 3
UDC 9 3 4 1 1
UDC 9 4 1 2 2
UDC 12 3 2 3 1 1 2
UDC 9 4 1 2 2
UDC 9 3 2 3 1
UDC 9 4 4 1
UDC 9 2 1 3 3
UDC 9 2 1 1 1 4
TC 9 3 1 1 2 2
TC 9 1 1 3 1 3
TC 9 4 2 1 2
TC 9 3 4 2
TC 9 5 3 1
TC 9 3 3 3
TC 9 4 3 2
TC 9 4 3 2
TC 9 5 4
TC 9 4 1 1 3
TC 9 3 4 1 1
TC 9 3 1 5
TC 9 2 2 1 4
TC 9 5 3 1
TC 9 3 1 1 1 2 1
TC 9 2 4 1 2
TC 9 4 2 1 2
TC 9 6 3
TC 9 5 2 2
TC 9 3 4 1 1
TC 9 4 2 1 2
TC 9 2 3 1 1 2
TC 9 6 2 1
TC 9 2 2 1 1 3
TC 9 3 2 1 3
TC 9 2 1 1 2 3
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Notes and References

  1. 1994. 8. 17. Local Government Act 1994. 13 April 2016. 6 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706042935/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1994/act/8/section/17/enacted/en/html.
    1994. si. 114. Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994. 14 April 2016. 22 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161022141055/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1994/si/114/made/en/print.