1999 Cork Corporation election

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1999 Cork City Council election

An election for Cork City Council was held on 10 June 1999 as part of the 1999 Irish local elections. All 31 council seats were elected from six local electoral areas using proportional representation by the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term.

Results at a glance
- Fianna Fáil: 12 seats (+3); 15,452 first-preference votes (36.69%)
- Fine Gael: 8 seats (+2); 9,257 votes (21.98%)
- Labour Party: 5 seats (-1); 6,120 votes (14.53%)
- Progressive Democrats: 2 seats (-1); 2,739 votes (6.50%)
- Green Party: 1 seat (0); 2,128 votes (5.05%)
- Sinn Féin: 1 seat (+1); 1,798 votes (4.27%)
- Independent politicians: 2 seats (-1); 3,540 votes (8.41%)
- Workers’ Party: 0 seats (-3); 729 votes (1.73%)

Total: 31 seats; total first-preference votes 42,112 (100%).

Electoral areas and seats
- Cork North-Central: 5 seats
- Cork North-East: 5 seats
- Cork North-West: 5 seats
- Cork South-Central: 5 seats
- Cork South-East: 6 seats
- Cork South-West: 5 seats

Notes
- The six areas used PR-STV to elect councillors for a five-year term.
- Turnout varied by area, generally in the low-to-mid 40s percentage range.