1979 Irish local elections

The 1979 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Thursday, 7 June 1979, on the same day as the first direct elections to the European Parliament.

1979 Irish local elections
7 June 1979
  First party Second party Third party
 
Labour
Leader Jack Lynch Garret FitzGerald Frank Cluskey
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Leader since 9 November 1966 1977 1977
Seats won 328 292 75
Seat change 24 12 4
Popular vote 529,909 469,074 160,684
Percentage 39.0% 34.6% 11.8%
Swing 0.8% 0.8% 0.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
IFF
Leader Ruairí Ó Brádaigh Tomás Mac Giolla Neil Blaney
Party Sinn Féin (Provisional) Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party IFF
Leader since October 1970 14 October 1962 1972
Seats won 11 7 4
Seat change 4 1
Popular vote 21,273 31,238 10,245
Percentage 1.6% 2.3% 0.8%
Swing 0.2% 1.0% 0.2%

Results

Total seats
Party Seats ± First pref. votes % FPV[1] ±%
Fianna Fáil 328 24 529,909 39.0 -0.8
Fine Gael 292 12 469,074 34.6 +0.9
Labour 75 4 160,684 11.8 -0.9
Sinn Féin (Provisional) 11 4 21,273 1.6 -0.2
Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party 7 1 31,238 2.3 +1.0
IFF 4 10,245 0.8 +0.2
Protestant Association 2 1,912 0.1 -0.1
Independent Socialist Party 1 1 675 0.0 New
Independent 49 25 121,894 9.0 -0.5
 Total 1,421,494 100 —

County councils
Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SFWP Other Total
Carlow 8 9 3 1 21
Cavan 12 11 1 1 25
Clare 17 9 2 1 2 31
Cork County 23 18 3 1 2 47
Donegal 10 6 5 1 1 5 23
Dublin 12 14 9 1 36
Galway County 14 11 1 2 2 30
Kerry 14 7 2 1 2 26
Kildare 9 8 4 21
Kilkenny 11 10 4 1 26
Laois 11 12 2 25
Leitrim 11 9 1 21
Limerick County 15 11 1 27
Longford 8 9 2 2 21
Louth 10 8 2 1 1 4 26
Mayo 15 16 31
Meath 13 9 5 2 29
Monaghan 9 8 3 A 20
Offaly 10 9 1 1 21
Roscommon 12 12 1 1 26
Sligo 10 11 1 2 24
Tipperary North 8 8 4 1 21
Tipperary South 11 8 4 3 26
Waterford County 9 11 1 21
Westmeath 10 9 3 1 23
Wexford 10 7 2 2 21
Wicklow 7 8 4 1 1 21
^ Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.

Source:[2]

Large corporations
Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SFWP Other Total
Cork Corporation 13 12 4 1 1 31
Dublin Corporation 12 15 11 1 6 B 45
Limerick Corporation 6 5 4 2 17
Waterford Corporation 5 4 2 2 2 15
^ Five of the six non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including Tony Gregory, Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and Carmencita Hederman.

Small corporations
Authority FF FG Lab PSF SFWP Other Total
Clonmel Corporation 4 4 3 1 12
Drogheda Corporation 3 2 3 4 12
Corporation of Dún Laoghaire 3 8 4 15
Kilkenny Corporation 4 3 3 2 12
Sligo Corporation 3 4 2 3 12
Wexford Corporation 3 1 2 1 5 12

References

Sources
  • "1979 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  • Department of the Environment (1980). Local elections, 1979 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities (PDF). Official publications. Vol. Prl.9322. Dublin: Stationery Office. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

Citations
  1. "1974 Local Election". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. "Newly-elected members of the county councils". The Irish Times. 12 June 1979. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

See also
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