Draft:1979 Dublin Corporation election

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1979 Dublin City Council election
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All 45 seats on Dublin City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
  Fourth party
 
Party Sinn Féin The Workers' Party

An election to all 45 seats on the council of Dublin Corporation took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. Dublin was divided into 11 borough electoral areas (BEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). The term was extended to 1985.

Boundary changes

At the previous election, there were nine BEAs. This was revised in 1979 to have 11 BEAs.[1]

Results by party

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Area No. 1

The wards of Baldoyle, Beann Éadair A, Beann Éadair B, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Coolock A, Raheny A, and Raheny B.[2]

Area No. 1: 4 seats[3][4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 27.7 4,957                    
Fine Gael Michael Joe Cosgrave 18.0 3,222 3,464 3,495 3,577 3,596            
Fianna Fáil Michael Woods 11.8 2,109 2,243 2,259 2,362 2,681 2,743 2,800 2,882 3,042 3,047 3,227
Fianna Fáil Ned Brennan 11.6 2,076 2,155 2,173 2,239 2,420 2,446 2,482 2,527 2,627 2,628 2,865
Labour Tom Duffy 5.6 1,006 1,101 1,127 1,135 1,144 1,251 1,710 1,804 2,061 2,064  
Fine Gael Mary Byrne 5.1 921 1,089 1,091 1,101 1,127 1,155 1,228 1,843 2,178 2,183 2,935
Fine Gael Dermot Melia 4.3 778 895 902 911 933 955 1,001        
Labour Michael Martin 3.3 599 662 678 680 686 854          
Community Independent Noel Nutley 3.2 582 921 972 985 999 1,071 1,112 1,180      
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Seamus Phelan 3.1 557 593 641 646 651            
Fianna Fáil Sheila Quinn 2.8 494 550 554 625              
Fianna Fáil Noel Peers 2.0 351 371 381                
Independent Val Lynch 1.4 257 283                  
Electorate: 31,883   Valid: 17,909   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 3,582  

Sources

  • "1979 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  • Department of the Environment (1980). 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 (PDF). Official publications. Vol. Prl.9322. Dublin: Stationery Office. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  • "Dublin City Council: 1979 Local Election". IrelandElection.com.

References

  1. ^ Department of the Environment (1980). 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 (PDF). Official publications. Vol. Prl.9322. Dublin: Stationery Office. p. vii. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ Dublin County Borough (Electoral Areas) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 41 of 1979). Signed on 15 February 1979. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  3. ^ |p=184|#page=194
  4. ^ "Dublin City Council: (Area No. 1 - Howth/Clontarf East) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis".
  5. ^ "Corporations". The Irish Times. 11 June 1979.
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