1979 Irish local elections
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
style="width: 2px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #D73D3D;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin The Workers' Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" || Party | Seats | ± | First pref. votes[1] | % FPV | ±% | |
| Fianna Fáil | 345 | 536,790 | 39.1 | |||
| Fine Gael | 304 | 481,902 | 35.1 | |||
| Labour | 78 | 163,052 | 11.9 | |||
| Sinn Féin The 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 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FF | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FG | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Lab | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | PSF | style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party of Ireland/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | SFWP | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | 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 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FF | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FG | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Lab | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | PSF | style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party of Ireland/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | SFWP | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | 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 | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FF | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FG | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Lab | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | PSF | style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party of Ireland/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | SFWP | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | 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 | |||||||
Urban District councils
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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
- ^ "How the country voted". The Irish Times. 24 June 1985. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ 44 Independent, 11 Provisional Sinn Féin, 5 Dublin Community councillors and 2 Monaghan Protestant Association members.
- ^ Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
- ^ "Newly-elected members of the county councils". The Irish Times. 12 June 1979. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ 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
