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Elections to Falkirk District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 36 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 27 | 19 | 0 | ![]() | 75.0 | 52.7 | 24,071 | ![]() | |
SNP | 4 | 0 | 18 | ![]() | 11.1 | 31.7 | 14,477 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 2 | 2 | 2 | ![]() | 5.6 | 7.9 | 3,587 | ![]() | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 3 | ![]() | 5.6 | 6.8 | 3,115 | ![]() | |
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0 | New | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.9 | 398 | ![]() |
Source: [1]