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

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1991 Irish local elections

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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%

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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.^[1] This allowed the Local Government Act 1991 to be passed beforehand. Elections in non-county boroughs and towns were postponed until 1994.^[2]

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.