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All 21 seats on Wicklow County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 7June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 7 |  2 | 11,079 | 35.37 | ||
| Fine Gael | 8 |  2 | 9,834 | 26.66 | ||
| Labour | 4 |  | 7,020 | 22.41 | ||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 1,785 | 5.70 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1,330 | 4.25 | ||
| Totals | 21 | | 31,322 | 100.0 | — | |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Vincent Blake* | 13.8% | 1,135 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Ryan* | 11.0% | 906 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Keenan* | 10.0% | 826 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | John Sweeney* | 8.7% | 720 | ||
| Fine Gael | Margo Weadick* | 7.6% | 726 | ||
| Labour | Sean Wolohan | 6.3% | 522 | ||
| Labour | Thomas King | 5.9% | 483 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Timmins | 5.6% | 464 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Clandillon | 5.6% | 462 | ||
| Independent | Patrick Wadden | 4.8% | 399 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | James Fitzgerald | 3.7% | 306 | ||
| Fine Gael | Brian Culleton | 3.0% | 247 | ||
| Labour | Michael Murphy | 2.1% | 176 | ||
| Fine Gael | James Merrigan | 1.4% | 115 | ||
| Labour | John Hennessy | 1.0% | 82 | ||
| Electorate: 12,197 Valid: 8,244 (67.59%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 8,425 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Godfrey TimminsTD* | 34.1% | 1,583 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | James Miley* | 21.2% | 982 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | J. Hobson | 15.6% | 725 | ||
| Fine Gael | Pascal Deering* | 14.7% | 681 | ||
| Fine Gael | Donal McEvoy | 7.6% | 353 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | P. Kennedy | 6.8% | 313 | ||
| Electorate: 7,159 Valid: 4,367 (61%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 1,160 Turnout: 4,422 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | John McManus* | 15.0% | 1,785 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Murphy* | 14.1% | 1,684 | ||
| Fine Gael | Aidan Murphy* | 10.0% | 1,199 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Leeson* | 9.7% | 1,161 | ||
| Labour | John Byrne* | 8.3% | 985 | ||
| Fine Gael | George Jones* | 6.7% | 799 | ||
| Labour | John Murnane | 6.2% | 740 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Fox* | 6.2% | 738 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Nancy O'Neill | 5.4% | 640 | ||
| Fine Gael | Jane Murphy | 4.9% | 583 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Ledwidge | 4.9% | 581 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Magennety | 3.2% | 383 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Dillon-Mallon | 2.6% | 309 | ||
| Labour | Nancy Mahony | 2.1% | 249 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Joseph Melia | 0.9% | 102 | ||
| Electorate: 22,776 Valid: 11,938 (52.43%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,493 Turnout: 12,055 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | Liam Kavanagh* | 24.8% | 1,679 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Roger Miley* | 9.6% | 651 | ||
| Fine Gael | Harry Cullen* | 9.1% | 615 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Giff* | 8.8% | 598 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Cullen* | 8.2% | 556 | ||
| Labour | Frank Hynes* | 7.5% | 506 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Power | 6.2% | 422 | ||
| Labour | James Gregory | 6.0% | 404 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Whelan | 5.6% | 382 | ||
| Fine Gael | Nora Fitzpatrick | 5.5% | 371 | ||
| Labour | Jimmy O'Shaughnessy | 4.3% | 288 | ||
| Independent | Basil Phelan | 2.3% | 157 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael Miley | 2.1% | 144 | ||
| Electorate: 11,682 Valid: 8,178 (70.08%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 6,912 | |||||
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