1979 Irish local elections
7 June 1979
  First party Second party Third party
 
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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 Decrease 24 Increase 12 Decrease 4
Popular vote 529,909 469,074 160,684
Percentage 39.0% 34.6% 11.8%
Swing Decrease 0.8% Increase 0.8% Decrease 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 Independent Fianna Fáil
Leader since October 1970 14 October 1962 1972
Seats won 11 7 4
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 21,273 31,238 10,245
Percentage 1.6% 2.3% 0.8%
Swing Decrease 0.2% Increase 1.0% Decrease 0.2%

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.

Results

Total seats

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%[1] ±%
Fianna Fáil 328 Decrease 24 529,909 39.0 Decrease0.8
Fine Gael 292 Increase 12 469,074 34.6 Increase0.9
Labour 75 Decrease 4 160,684 11.8 Decrease0.9
Sinn Féin (Provisional) 11 Increase 4 21,273 1.6 Decrease0.2
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 7 Increase 1 31,238 2.3 Decrease1.0
Independent Fianna Fáil 4 Steady 10,245 0.8 Decrease0.2
Protestant Association 2 Steady 1,912 0.1 Decrease0.1
Donegal Progressive Party 1 Steady 1,728 0.1 New
Independent Socialist Party 1 Increase 1 675 0.0 New
Independent 48 Decrease 25 120,166 8.5 Decrease0.5
Total 1,421,494 100 —

Counties and cities

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 City 13 12 4 1 1 31
Cork County 23 18 3 1 2 47
Donegal 10 6 5 1 1 5 [lower-alpha 1] 23
Dublin City 12 15 11 1 6 [lower-alpha 2] 45
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 City 6 5 4 2 17
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 [lower-alpha 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 City 5 4 2 2 2 15
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
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes 1 member of the Donegal Progressive Party.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.[2]

Boroughs

Authority FF FG Lab PSF SFWP Other Total
Clonmel 4 4 3 1 12
Drogheda 3 2 3 4 12
Dún Laoghaire 3 8 4 15
Galway 5 1 1 5 12
Kilkenny 4 3 3 2 12
Sligo 3 4 2 3 12
Wexford 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.
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