1979 Irish local elections

Nationwide local authority elections November 2021 November 2021 1979 Irish local elections Republic of Ireland parliamentary 1974 Irish local elections 1974 1985 Irish local elections 1985 7 June 1979 63.60% 1.47pp Jack Lynch 1979 (cropped).jpg 113 113 150 0 0 Jack Lynch 9 November 1966 Fianna Fáil 328 24 529,909 39.0% 0.8% 150x150px Garret FitzGerald 1977 Fine Gael 292 12 469,074 34.6% 0.8% Frank Cluskey, 1981 01 (cropped).jpg 113 113 150 0 0 Frank Cluskey 1977 Labour Party (Ireland) 75 4 160,684 11.8% 0.9% 150x150px Ruairí Ó Brádaigh October 1970 Sinn Féin (Provisional) 326760 11 4 21,273 1.6% 0.2% 150x150px Tomás Mac Giolla 14 October 1962 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party d73d3d 7 1 31,238 2.3% 1.0% Neil Blaney 1990.jpg 113 113 150 0 0 Neil Blaney 1972 Independent Fianna Fáil 4 10,245 0.8% 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 First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentagehttp://irelandelection.com/elections.php?elecid=168&elecbutton=Next&tab=summary&detail=yes&electype=5 1979 Local Election ±% Fianna Fáil328 24529,90939.00.8 Fine Gael292 12469,07434.60.9 Labour Party (Ireland)75 4160,68411.80.9 Sinn Féin (Provisional)Not a registered party.11 421,2731.60.2 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party7 131,2382.31.0 Independent Fianna Fáil 4 10,245 0.80.2Protestant Association21,9120.10.1 Donegal Progressive Party11,7280.1New Independent Socialist Party (Ireland)1 16750.0New Independent politician (Ireland)48 25120,1668.50.5 Total1,421,494100— Counties and cities AuthorityFFFGLabSF (P)SFWPOtherTotalCarlow 8 9 3 1 21Cavan 12 11 1 125Clare 17 9 2 1 231Cork City 13 12 4 1 131Cork County 23 18 3 1 247Donegal 10 6 5 1 1 5 Includes 1 member of the Donegal Progressive Party.23Dublin City 12 15 11 1 6 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.45Dublin 12 14 9 136Galway 14 11 1 2 230Kerry 14 7 2 1 226Kildare 9 8 421Kilkenny 11 10 4 126Laois 11 12 225Leitrim 11 9 121Limerick City 6 5 4 217Limerick County 15 11 127Longford 8 9 2 221Louth 10 8 2 1 1 426Mayo 15 1631Meath 13 9 5 229Monaghan 9 8 3 Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.Newly-elected members of the county councils http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0612/Pg004.html The Irish Times 12 June 1979 21 June 2011 13 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121013083607/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0612/Pg004.html live 20Offaly 10 9 1 121Roscommon 12 12 1 126Sligo 10 11 1 224Tipperary North 8 8 4 121Tipperary South 11 8 4 326Waterford City 5 4 2 2 215Waterford County 9 11 121Westmeath 10 9 3 123Wexford 10 7 2 221Wicklow 7 8 4 1 121 Notes Boroughs AuthorityFFFGLabPSFSFWPOtherTotalClonmel 4 4 3 112Drogheda 3 2 3 412Dún Laoghaire 3 8 4 15Galway 5 1 1 512Kilkenny 4 3 3 212Sligo 3 4 2 312Wexford 3 1 2 1 512 References Sources http://www.electionsireland.org/results/local/1979local.cfm 1979 Local Elections ElectionsIreland.org 2008-02-22 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 Department of the Environment 1980 Prl.9322 Official publications Dublin Stationery Office http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL015721.pdf 3 March 2016 Citations Category:1979 elections in the Republic of Ireland Local elections 1979 Category:June 1979 in Europe