Nationwide local authority elections
1979 Irish local elections
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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 | 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)[a] | 11 | 4 | 21,273 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 7 | 1 | 31,238 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | | 10,245 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Protestant Association | 2 | | 1,912 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | | 1,728 | 0.1 | New |
| Independent Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | 675 | 0.0 | New |
| Independent | 48 | 25 | 120,166 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
Total | | | 1,421,494 | 100 | — |
Counties and cities
- Notes
Boroughs
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
- ^ "1979 Local Election".
- ^ "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.
- Carlow
- Cavan
- Clare
- Cork City
- Cork County
- Donegal
- Dublin City
- Dublin County
- Galway
- Kerry
- Kildare
- Kilkenny
- Laois
- Leitrim
- Limerick City
- Limerick County
- Longford
- Louth
- Mayo
- Meath
- Monaghan
- Offaly
- Roscommon
- Sligo
- North Tipperary
- South Tipperary
- Waterford City
- Waterford County
- Westmeath
- Wexford
- Wicklow
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