1979 Sligo County Council election

1979 Sligo County Council election
All 24 seats on Sligo County Council
	Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

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).

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	27,406	100.0%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McManus*	12.4%	1,201
	Fianna Fáil	John Mulrooney*	10.1%	1,065
	Independent	Declan Bree*^[a]	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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	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

Results by local electoral area