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

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  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%

Results edit

Total seats edit

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) 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 edit

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 [a] 23
Dublin City 12 15 11 1 6 [b] 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 [c] 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 edit

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 edit

Sources edit

  • "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 edit

  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.