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).
Results by party PartySeatsFirst Pref. votesFPv% 1111,72442.8% 1011,16440.7% 1 6502.4% 0 5402.0% 0 167 0.6% 2 3,16111.5%Totals2427,406100.0%
Results by local electoral area
Ballymote
Source for Ballymote counts.
Dromore
Source for Dromore counts.
Sligo
Source for Sligo counts.
Tubbercurry
Source for Tubbercurry counts.
Footnotes
References
External links
Irelandelection.com 1979 results for Sligo constituencies
Irishelectionliterature