1994 Irish local elections

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 councils and county borough corporations had been held in 1991. The municipal elections were postponed in 1991 to allow for the enactment of legislation affecting the boundaries of many towns. This occurred under the Local Government Act 1994.^[1] This was therefore the first elections to these authorities since the 1985 local elections. Since that date, the Progressive Democrats had been established in 1985, Democratic Left had been established in 1992, and Sinn Féin had registered in 1986.

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.

Party		1st pref	FPv%	Seats	% seats
	Fianna Fáil	83,580	33.56	273	36.69
	Fine Gael	48,871	19.62	174	23.39
	Labour	31,697	12.73	77	10.35
	Sinn Féin	9,865	3.96	24	3.23
	Progressive Democrats	8,077	3.24	18	2.42
	Democratic Left	6,264	2.52	11	1.48
	Green	2,807	1.13	6	0.81
	SKIA	531	0.21	1	0.13
	Workers' Party	456	0.18	1	0.13
	Natural Law	17	0.01	0	0
	Independent	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).

^ *: Town extended for electoral purposes under s. 17 of the Local Government Act 1994.^[2]

Town	Council	Seats	FF	FG	Lab	SF	PD	DL	Green	Other
Clonmel	BC	12	4	1	1		1			5
Drogheda[*]	BC	12	4	2	4					2
Kilkenny[*]	BC[a]	12	5	3	2					2
Sligo[*]	BC	12	3	3	2	2				2
Wexford[*]	BC	12	4	2	3			1		2
Arklow	UDC	9	3	1	2					3
Athlone[*]	UDC	9	4	2	1					2
Athy	UDC	9	3	2	2	2
Ballina[*]	UDC	9	3	3						3
Ballinasloe[*]	UDC	9	4	4						1
Birr	UDC	9	3	3		1				2
Bray[*]	UDC	12	5	1	2			4
Buncrana[*]	UDC	9	2	2		1				4
Bundoran	UDC	9	3	1						5
Carlow[*]	UDC	9	4	2	2		1
Carrickmacross[*]	UDC	9	4	2						3[b]
Carrick-on-Suir	UDC	9	3	2	1	1	1			1
Cashel[*]	UDC	9	4	2	1	1				1
Castlebar[*]	UDC	9	3	3	1					2
Castleblayney[*]	UDC	9	4	2		1				2
Cavan[*]	UDC	9	5	3	1
Clonakilty[*]	UDC	9	4	1		1	1			2
Clones[*]	UDC	9	3	2		3				1
Cobh[*]	UDC	9	2	2	1	1				3
Dundalk[*]	UDC	12	4	4		1	1			2
Dungarvan	UDC	9	2	1	3			1		2
Ennis	UDC	9	4	2	1					2
Enniscorthy[*]	UDC	9	3	3						3
Fermoy[*]	UDC	9	4	2	1		1			1
Kells[*]	UDC	9	3	3	1					2
Killarney[*]	UDC	9	4	1	1					3[c]
Kilrush	UDC	9	3	2	1					3
Kinsale[*]	UDC	9	4	2	1					2
Letterkenny[*]	UDC	9	4	1	1					3
Listowel[*]	UDC	9	3	4		1				1
Longford[*]	UDC	9	4	3						2
Macroom	UDC	9	4	3	1					1
Mallow[*]	UDC	9	3	2	1			2		1
Midleton[*]	UDC	9	3	2			1			3
Monaghan[*]	UDC	9	2	2		3				2
Naas	UDC	9	3	1			1		1	3
Navan[*]	UDC	9	3	2	1	1		1		1
Nenagh[*]	UDC	9	4	1	2					2
New Ross[*]	UDC	9	3	1	2		1			2
Skibbereen	UDC	9	2	2	1					4
Templemore[*]	UDC	9	2	4						3
Thurles[*]	UDC	9	3	4	1					1
Tipperary[*]	UDC	9	4	1	2					2
Tralee[*]	UDC	12	3[d]	2[d]	3	1			1	2
Trim[*]	UDC	9	4	1	2					2
Tullamore[*]	UDC	9	3	2	3					1
Westport	UDC	9	4	4						1
Wicklow[*]	UDC	9	2	1	3					3
Youghal	UDC	9	2	1		1			1	4
Ardee	TC	9	3	1	1		2			2
Balbriggan[*]	TC	9	1	1	3				1	3
Ballybay[*]	TC	9	4	2		1				2
Ballyshannon[*]	TC	9	3	4						2
Bandon[*]	TC	9	5	3	1
Bantry	TC	9	3	3						3
Belturbet	TC	9	4	3						2
Boyle[*]	TC	9	4	3						2
Cootehill[*]	TC	9	5	4
Edenderry[*]	TC	9	4	1			1			3
Gorey[*]	TC	9	3	4	1					1
Granard	TC	9	3	1						5
Greystones[*]	TC	9	2	2					1	4
Kilkee	TC	9	5	3			1
Leixlip	TC	9	3	1	1		1	2		1
Lismore[*]	TC	9	2	4	1					2
Loughrea	TC	9	4	2			1			2
Mountmellick[*]	TC	9	6	3
Muine Bheag	TC	9	5	2	2
Mullingar[*]	TC	9	3		4		1			1
Newbridge	TC	9	4	2	1					2
Passage West[*]	TC	9	2	3	1				1	2
Portlaoise[*]	TC	9	6	2						1
Shannon	TC	9	2	2	1	1				3
Tramore	TC	9	3	2	1					3
Tuam[*]	TC	9	2	1	1		2			3

Notes

1. Kilkenny has city status for ceremonial purposes; for administrative purposes it was a borough.
2. Includes one Workers' Party
3. Includes one South Kerry Independent Alliance
4. The Department of the Environment results document erroneously gives (p. 115) 4 seats for Fianna Fáil and 3 for Fine Gael. The count summary (p. 75) erroneously lists Norma Foley as Fine Gael. The count details (pp. 74–75) correctly show Foley as Fianna Fáil, who won 3 seats, and that Fine Gael won 2 seats.