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).

Results by party PartySeats± ±% 1427,37144.70 717,17528.05 27,64712.49 13,1525.15 01,1591.89 24,7327.73Totals2661,236100.00

Results by local electoral area

Killarney

Killorglin

Listowel

Tralee

External links

https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/