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1979 Kerry County Council election

An election to all 26 seats on Kerry County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

1979 Kerry County Council election
← 1974 7 June 1979 1985 →
All 26 seats on Kerry County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 14 7 2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 2
Map showing the area of Kerry County Council
Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 14 27,371 44.70
Fine Gael 7 17,175 28.05
Labour 2 7,647 12.49
Sinn Féin 1 3,152 5.15
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 0 1,159 1.89
Independent 2 4,732 7.73
Totals 26 61,236 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Killarney

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Killarney: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Sen. Michael Moynihan 19.51% 2,737            
Fianna Fáil Jackie Healy-Rae 16.35% 2,294            
Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming 14.48% 2,032            
Fianna Fáil Patrick J. Cronin 11.22% 1,574 1,644 1,806 1,832 1,861 1,877 1,946
Fine Gael Paudie Connor 8.27% 1,161 1,308 1,329 1,355 1,567 1,568 1,883
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Redmond Sullivan 8.26% 1,159 1,324 1,362 1,412 1,543 1,545 1,651
Fine Gael Thomas Dennehy 7.74% 1,086 1,130 1,139 1,203 1,383 1,389  
Fine Gael Christopher McSweeney 7.11% 998 1,101 1,120 1,184 1,401 1,403 2,068
Fine Gael Tom Randles 5.37% 753 841 879 895      
Labour Joan Winter 1.69% 237 352 354        
Electorate: 18,656   Valid: 14,031 (75.21%)   Spoilt: 213 (1.14%)   Quota: 2,005   Turnout: 14,244 (76.35%)  

Killorglin

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Killorglin: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Mary O'Donoghue 15.07% 1,811          
Fine Gael Michael Connor-Scarteen 14.23% 1,710 1,711 1,730      
Fianna Fáil Thomas Cahill 11.71% 1,408 1,415 1,482 1,586 1,633 1,829
Fine Gael Danny Kissane 9.89% 1,189 1,189 1,267 1,502 1,529 1,552
Fianna Fáil Ted O'Connor 9.49% 1,141 1,160 1,196 1,231 1,272 1,626
Fine Gael Dan Barry 9.38% 1,127 1,146 1,160 1,220 1,334 1,355
Independent Michael O'Connell 9.14% 1,098 1,119 1,196 1,266 1,472 1,604
Fianna Fáil John Joe Brien 8.45% 1,016 1,030 1,035 1,038 1,069  
Sinn Féin Tim Garvey 4.80% 577 588 612 633    
Fine Gael Teresa Murphy 4.29% 516 516 583      
Labour Sean Moriarty 3.54% 426 427        
Electorate: 16,620   Valid: 12,019 (72.32%)   Spoilt: 215 (1.76%)   Quota: 1,718   Turnout: 12,234 (73.61%)  

Listowel

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Listowel: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Noel Brassil 11.53% 1,724 1,742 1,762 1,764 1,821 1,827 1,851 1,882 1,916 1,929
Fianna Fáil Kit Ahern TD 11.38% 1,701 1,704 1,793 1,823 1,836 1,920 1,948 2,040 2,286  
Fine Gael Senator Gerard Lynch 10.77% 1,610 1,612 1,644 1,773 1,880 1,940 2,154      
Fianna Fáil Dan Kiely 10.34% 1,546 1,547 1,574 1,583 1,589 1,706 1,815 1,874 1,982 2,015
Sinn Féin Robert Beasley 10.17% 1,521 1,523 1,539 1,555 1,564 1,604 1,660 1,842 1,979 1,993
Labour John Joe O'Sullivan 8.90% 1,331 1,343 1,351 1,357 1,483 1,493 1,541 1,612 1,770 1,787
Fianna Fáil Eamon Walsh 8.67% 1,296 1,298 1,362 1,378 1,378 1,469 1,487 1,605 1,794 1,859
Independent Jack Larkin 6.88% 1,028 1,028 1,074 1,173 1,187 1,268 1,325 1,480    
Fine Gael John Francis Ahern 4.93% 737 738 745 773 793 832 1,002      
Fine Gael Jeremiah O'Connor 4.45% 666 667 671 707 772 805        
Independent Thomas Sheehan 3.83% 573 573 591 598 599          
Fine Gael Tom Lawlor 2.74% 410 423 425 435            
Fine Gael Brendan Halloran 2.64% 395 396 407              
Fianna Fáil Tony O'Callaghan 2.35% 351 352                
Independent Tom Dineen 0.41% 61                  
Electorate: 19,867   Valid: 14,950 (75.25%)   Spoilt: 230 (1.52%)   Quota: 2,136   Turnout: 15,180 (76.41%)  

Tralee

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Tralee: 8 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim, Jnr TD 18.26% 3,695            
Fianna Fáil Denis Foley 15.33% 3,103            
Labour Dick Spring 14.41% 2,916            
Fine Gael Michael Begley TD 11.07% 2,240 2,258          
Independent James Courtney 9.75% 1,972 2,073 2,115 2,185 2,233 2,278  
Fianna Fáil Thomas Fitzgerald 7.52% 1,522 1,802 1,957 1,982 2,023 2,037 2,053
Fianna Fáil Michael Long 5.72% 1,157 1,715 1,973 2,026 2,058 2,286  
Fine Gael John Blennerhassett 5.62% 1,138 1,340 1,514 1,729 2,204 2,719  
Sinn Féin Michael Horgan 5.21% 1,054 1,184 1,286 1,387 1,447 1,492 1,532
Fine Gael Timothy Nelligan 4.01% 812 875 890 976 1,041    
Fine Gael Frank Gleasure 3.10% 627 721 829 946      
Electorate: 29,352   Valid: 20,236 (68.94%)   Spoilt: 289 (1.41%)   Quota: 2,249   Turnout: 20,525 (69.93%)  
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  • 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.
  • https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/
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