1979 Irish local elections

1979 Irish local elections

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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 Independent Fianna Fáil 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%

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.

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