An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into five county local 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). This term was extended for a further year, to 1985.
Results by party Party Seats ± ± 1124,51640.08% 4.44% 1018,26029.85% 4.56% 410,24516.75% 5.68% 1 1 3,0555.00% 3.16% 12,1953.59% 0.34% 11,7282.82% 0.32% 0 21,1671.91% 7.61%Total28 61,166100.00%
Results by local electoral area
Buncrana
Donegal
Glenties
Letterkenny
Milford
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External links Irelandelection.com results for 1979 Donegal County Council elections Irishelectionliterature