1979 Sligo County Council election

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1979 Sligo County Council election
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 19747 June 1979 1985  

All 24 seats on Sligo County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won11101

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won2

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Map showing the area of Sligo County Council

Council control after election

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An election to Sligo County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a six-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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Results by party

PartySeatsFirst Pref. votesFPv%
Fine Gael 1111,72442.8%
Fianna Fáil 1011,16440.7%
Labour 16502.4%
Sinn Féin 05402.0%
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 01670.6%
Independent 23,16111.5%
Totals2427,406100.0%

Results by local electoral area

Ballymote

Ballymote: 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Fine Gael Tommy Lavin*12.6%930
Fianna Fáil Joe Shannon*11.4%843859 860 911 935
Fianna Fáil Michael Conlan*10.4%767773 773 779 791 873 923
Fianna Fáil Tommy Deignan*9.9%727731 732 748 774 831 954
Fine Gael Gerry Murray*9.7%714728 729 742 800 822 831 844
Independent William Gormley*8.7%639655 656 699 735 794 860 872
Fine Gael John Higgins7.8%574593 594 614 710 745 774 779
Fine Gael Leo Conlon*7.7%568588 589 599 635 763 801 806
Fine Gael Michael Kelly4.7%347370 370 410 431
Fine Gael Neil Henry4.7%344375 377 395
Fianna Fáil Kevin Savage4.4%328412 412 513 530 556
Independent Abina McMorrow4.2%307350 350
Fine Gael Kevin Lee3.9%289
Electorate: 9,400  Valid: 7,377 (78.48%)  Quota: 923  

    Source for Ballymote counts. [1]

    Dromore

    Dromore: 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Conway*26.6%1,065
    Fine Gael Paul Conmy*16.2%648692 713 744 816
    Fianna Fáil George Finnerty*12.4%496605 622 643 681 681 809
    Fine Gael Peter Barrett*11.3%454467 470 493 640 652 718
    Independent Patrick O'Neill9.6%386406 420 449 482 484
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Hallinan9.1%363411 418 483 496 497 593
    Fianna Fáil Sean Tempany7.2%289298 300 338
    Sinn Féin Jack McElduff5.6%225234 240
    Independent Michael Maloney1.9%7688
    Valid: 4,002  Quota: 801  

      Source for Dromore counts. [2]

      Sligo

      Sligo: 9 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011121314
      Fianna Fáil Sean McManus*12.4%1,201
      Fianna Fáil John Mulrooney*10.1%1,065
      Independent Declan Bree * [lower-alpha 1] 9.7%1,1541,182 1,206
      Fine Gael Tony McLoughlin *9.4%1,1161,141 1,163 1,175 1,176 1,177 1,201
      Fine Gael Tom Fox*7.0%826837 844 858 858 859 879 912 935 970 1,001 1,054 1,097 1,111
      Fine Gael Eugene Henry*6.7%798811 823 827 829 829 837 902 921 976 1,021 1,062 1,114 1,120
      Fine Gael John Fallon*5.8%691715 733 737 743 743 751 780 793 808 834 939 1,002 1,018
      Fianna Fáil William Farrell *5.6%669708 711 731 731 736 742 747 771 847 964 985 1,250
      Fine Gael James Feighney5.1%600601 602 636 636 638 639 659 674 836 848 862 879 884
      Fianna Fáil Michael Brennan7.0%826837 844 858 858 859 879 912 935 970 1,001 1,054 1,097 1,111
      Independent Michael Carroll4.0%472482 490 498 500 500 515 523 556 561 573
      Labour Tommy Higgins*4.8%574611 613 621 621 622 632 637 652 658 776 802
      Fianna Fáil Albert Higgins3.7%439490 493 496 497 499 505 508 523 525
      Fine Gael John Watters3.2%379381 382 392 393 394 402 424 444
      Fine Gael P.J. Kearney2.7%315323 324 332 333 333 337 343
      Fine Gael Matt Lyons1.8%216221 222 224 224 224 236
      Fine Gael Dympna McNamara1.6%195202 204 213 214 214
      Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Michael Leydon1.4%167168 168
      Independent Sidney Gallagher1.1%133133
      Valid: 11,869  Quota: 1,187  

        Source for Sligo counts. [3]

        Tubbercurry

        Tubbercurry: 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123
        Fianna Fáil Matt Brennan *24.9%1,035
        Fianna Fáil Paddy Marren*20.1%837
        Fine Gael Peter Kivlehan*18.5%771821 879
        Fine Gael Joe Cawley*15.5%643696 783
        Fine Gael Luke Colleran12.7%527541 590
        Fianna Fáil Eugene Owens8.3%345431
        Valid: 4,158  Quota: 823  

          Source for Tubbercurry counts. [4]

          Footnotes

          1. Member of the Sligo–Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation ran as an Independent

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          References

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          2. "Sligo County Council: (Dromore) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          3. "Sligo County Council: (Sligo) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          4. "Sligo County Council: (Tubbercurry) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.