1979 Sligo County Council election

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).

1979 Sligo County Council election
7 June 1979
All 24 seats on Sligo County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 10 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats First Pref. votes FPv%
Fine Gael 11 11,724 42.8%
Fianna Fáil 10 11,164 40.7%
Labour 1 650 2.4%
Sinn Féin 0 540 2.0%
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 0 167 0.6%
Independent 2 3,161 11.5%
Totals 24 15,535 100.0

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% 843 859 860 911 935
Fianna Fáil Michael Conlan* 10.4% 767 773 773 779 791 873 923
Fianna Fáil Tommy Deignan* 9.9% 727 731 732 748 774 831 954
Fine Gael Gerry Murray* 9.7% 714 728 729 742 800 822 831 844
Independent William Gormley* 8.7% 639 655 656 699 735 794 860 872
Fine Gael John Higgins 7.8% 574 593 594 614 710 745 774 779
Fine Gael Leo Conlon* 7.7% 568 588 589 599 635 763 801 806
Fine Gael Michael Kelly 4.7% 347 370 370 410 431 —
Fine Gael Neil Henry 4.7% 344 375 377 395 —
Fianna Fáil Kevin Savage 4.4% 328 412 412 513 530 556 —
Independent Abina McMorrow 4.2% 307 350 350 —
Fine Gael Kevin Lee 3.9% 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% 648 692 713 744 816
    Fianna Fáil George Finnerty* 12.4% 496 605 622 643 681 681 809
    Fine Gael Peter Barrett* 11.3% 454 467 470 493 640 652 718
    Independent Patrick O'Neill 9.6% 386 406 420 449 482 484 —
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Hallinan 9.1% 363 411 418 483 496 497 593
    Fianna Fáil Sean Tempany 7.2% 289 298 300 338 —
    Sinn Féin Jack McElduff 5.6% 225 234 240 —
    Independent Michael Maloney 1.9% 76 88 —
    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% 1,154 1,182 1,206
      Fine Gael Tony McLoughlin* 9.4% 1,116 1,141 1,163 1,175 1,176 1,177 1,201
      Fine Gael Tom Fox* 7.0% 826 837 844 858 858 859 879 912 935 970 1,001 1,054 1,097 1,111
      Fine Gael Eugene Henry* 6.7% 798 811 823 827 829 829 837 902 921 976 1,021 1,062 1,114 1,120
      Fine Gael John Fallon* 5.8% 691 715 733 737 743 743 751 780 793 808 834 939 1,002 1,018
      Fianna Fáil William Farrell* 5.6% 669 708 711 731 731 736 742 747 771 847 964 985 1,250
      Fine Gael James Feighney 5.1% 600 601 602 636 636 638 639 659 674 836 848 862 879 884
      Fianna Fáil Michael Brennan 7.0% 826 837 844 858 858 859 879 912 935 970 1,001 1,054 1,097 1,111
      Independent Michael Carroll 4.0% 472 482 490 498 500 500 515 523 556 561 573 —
      Labour Tommy Higgins* 4.8% 574 611 613 621 621 622 632 637 652 658 776 802 —
      Fianna Fáil Albert Higgins 3.7% 439 490 493 496 497 499 505 508 523 525 —
      Fine Gael John Watters 3.2% 379 381 382 392 393 394 402 424 444 —
      Fine Gael P.J. Kearney 2.7% 315 323 324 332 333 333 337 343 —
      Fine Gael Matt Lyons 1.8% 216 221 222 224 224 224 236 —
      Fine Gael Dympna McNamara 1.6% 195 202 204 213 214 214 —
      Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Michael Leydon 1.4% 167 168 168 —
      Independent Sidney Gallagher 1.1% 133 133 —
      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% 771 821 879
        Fine Gael Joe Cawley* 15.5% 643 696 783
        Fine Gael Luke Colleran 12.7% 527 541 590
        Fianna Fáil Eugene Owens 8.3% 345 431 —
        Valid: 4,158   Quota: 823  

          Source for Tubbercurry counts.[4]

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

          References
          1. "Sligo County Council: (Ballymote) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
          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.
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