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.

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1999 Irish local elections

← 1991 and 1994 11 June 1999 2004 →
1,627 County, City, Borough and Town Council Seats
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bertie Ahern John Bruton Ruairi Quinn Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Leader since 19 November 1994 21 November 1990 13 November 1997 Percentage 38.9% 28.1% 10.8% Councillors 382 277 83 Councillors +/- 28 3 6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   GP Leader Mary Harney Gerry Adams None Party Progressive Democrats Sinn Féin Green Leader since 26 October 1993 13 November 1983 Percentage 3.9% 3.5% 2.5% Councillors 25 21 8 Councillors +/- 12 13 5   Seventh party Eighth party   IFF Leader — Seán Garland Party Independent Fianna Fáil Workers' Party Leader since — 1998 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 21 Popular vote 7,087 6,847 Percentage 0.65 0.5% Swing 0.4% 3.1%

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Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties 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.^[1][2]

Each local government area was divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) in which councillors were elected for a five-year term on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). During the period of office of these councils, local government throughout the state was restructured under the Local Government Act 2001.

18 Workers' Party 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.^{[citation needed]}