Irish local elections, 1979

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

Results

Party		Seats	±	First pref. votes[1]	% FPV	±%
	Fianna Fáil	345		536,790	39.1
	Fine Gael	304		481,902	35.1
	Labour Party	78		163,052	11.9
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	9		30,255	2.2
	Independent and others	62[2]		161,992	11.7
Total		798	-	1,373,991	100	-

County councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		PSF		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[3]		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

Source:^[4]

Large corporations

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		PSF		SFWP		Other	Total
Cork Corporation	13		12		4				1		1		31
Dublin Corporation	12		15		11				1		6[5]		45
Limerick Corporation	6		5		4						2		17
Waterford Corporation	5		4		2				2		2		15

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 2008-02-22.
• 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. Prl.9322. Dublin: Stationery Office. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

Citations

1. "How the country voted". The Irish Times. 24 June 1985. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
2. 44 Independent, 11 Provisional Sinn Féin, 5 Dublin Community councillors and 2 Monaghan Protestant Association members.
3. Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
4. "Newly-elected members of the county councils". The Irish Times. 12 June 1979. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
5. 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.

See also

• Local government in the Republic of Ireland
• Category:Irish local government councils