1979 European Parliament election in Ireland information
Irish component of the 1979 European Parliament election
1979 European Parliament election in Ireland
7 June 1979
1984 →
elected members →
15 Irish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout
1,392,285 (63.6%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Labour
Leader
Jack Lynch
Garret FitzGerald
Frank Cluskey
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Alliance
EPD
EPP
SOC
Leader since
9 November 1966
1977
1977
Seats won
5 / 15
4 / 15
4 / 15
Popular vote
464,451
443,652
193,898
Percentage
34.7%
33.1%
14.5%
Fourth party
Fifth party
IFF
Leader
Neil Blaney
Tomás Mac Giolla
Party
Independent Fianna Fáil
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Alliance
CDI
Leader since
1972
14 October 1962
Seats won
1 / 15
0 / 15
Popular vote
81,522
43,942
Percentage
6.1%
3.3%
Members of the European Parliament for Ireland
1st delegation
(1973)
2nd delegation
(1973–1977)
3rd delegation
(1977–1979)
1st term
(1979)
2nd term
(1984)
3rd term
(1989)
4th term
(1994)
5th term
(1999)
6th term
(2004)
7th term
(2009)
8th term
(2014)
9th term
(2019)
10th term
(2024)
Women
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The 1979 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1979 European Parliament election. These were the first direct elections to the European Parliament, and the first election to be held simultaneously across the entire Island of Ireland since the 1921 Irish elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.
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