The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections. Ireland was divided into local government areas of

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and county boroughs, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1991 local elections, and a second tier in certain areas of boroughs, urban districts and towns, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1994 local elections. The elections had been scheduled for 1998, but were postponed. Each local government area was divided into

local electoral area A local electoral area (LEA; ) is an electoral area for elections to Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authorities in Ireland. All elections in the Republic of Ireland, elections use the single transferable vote. Republic of Ir ...

s (LEAs) in which councillors were elected for a five-year term on the

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proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

by means of the

single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...

(PR-STV). During the period of office of these councils, local government throughout the state was restructured under the

Local Government Act 2001 The Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) was enacted by the Oireachtas on 21 July 2001 to reform local government in Ireland. Most of the provisions of the Act came into operation on 1 January 2002. The act was a restatement and amendment of pr ...

Results

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councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. In January 1999, Democratic Left merged with the Labour Party. One Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour since 1991.

County councils

City councils

Borough and town councils

Borough councils

Town councils

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish Local Elections, 1999 1999 elections in the Republic of Ireland 1999 in Irish politics

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