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1979 Donegal County Council election information


1979 Donegal County Council election
1979 Donegal County Council election
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All 28 seats on Donegal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Fianna Fáil
Seats won 11 10 4
Seat change Steady Steady Steady

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Donegal Progressive Party
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Steady

Map showing the area of Donegal County Council

Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

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.[1]

  1. ^ Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1984 (S.I. No. 6 of 1984). Signed on 12 January 1984 by Liam Kavanagh, Minister for the Environment. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

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