Election Name: | 1999 Westmeath County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1991 Westmeath County Council election |
Previous Year: | 1991 |
Next Election: | 2004 Westmeath County Council election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Seats For Election: | All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council |
Election Date: | 10 June 1999 |
Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats1: | 12 |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Party2: | Fine Gael |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 0 |
Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | +1 |
Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seat Change4: | -1 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
After Election: | Fianna Fail |
An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Party | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | 0 | 10,519 | 45.32 | |||||||
6 | 0 | 5,674 | 24.44 | |||||||
5 | +1 | 6,024 | 25.95 | |||||||
0 | align=right | -1 | 996 | 4.29 | ||||||
Totals | align=right | 23 | 0 | align=right | 23,213 | 100.00 | — |