1979 Wicklow County Council election
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All 21 seats on Wicklow County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Area of Wicklow County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election to all 21 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. County Wicklow was divided into 4 county electoral areas 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.
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 7 |  2 |
11,079 | 35.37 | ||
| Fine Gael | 8 |  2 |
9,834 | 26.66 | ||
| Labour | 4 |  |
7,020 | 22.41 | ||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 1 | 1 |
1,785 | 5.70 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 |
1,330 | 4.25 | ||
| Total | 21 | |
31,322 | 100.00 | — | |