1991 Irish local elections

The 1991 Irish local elections were held in all administrative counties and county boroughs on Thursday, 27 June 1991.

1991 Irish local elections
27 June 1991
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Charles Haughey John Bruton Dick Spring
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Leader since 7 December 1979 21 November 1990 1 November 1982
Seats won 358 272 92
Seat change 83 5 32
Popular vote 531,659 372,633 149,571
Percentage 37.8% 26.5% 10.6%
Swing 7.7% 3.3% 2.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
PD
Green
Leader Desmond O'Malley Tomás Mac Giolla N/A
Party Progressive Democrats Workers' Party Green
Leader since 21 December 1985 14 October 1962
Last election N/A N/A N/A
Seats won 37 24 13
Seat change 37 4 13
Popular vote 70,926 50,996 32,951
Percentage 5.0% 3.6% 2.3%
Swing 5.0% 0.4% 1.8%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
IFF
Leader Gerry Adams Neil Blaney
Party Sinn Féin Independent Fianna Fáil
Leader since 13 November 1983 1972
Last election N/A
Seats won 9 5
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 29,903 12,162
Percentage 2.1% 0.9%
Swing 1.0% 0.1%

Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs. There was a second tier of boroughs, urban districts and towns with boards of commissioners. The elections were postponed from June 1990. This allowed the Local Government Act 1991 to be passed beforehand. Elections in non-county boroughs and towns were postponed until 1994.

They were the first local elections contested by the Progressive Democrats, which had been founded in December 1985, and the first since Sinn Féin registered as a political party in December 1986.

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