Galway County Council (Tuam)
1979 Local Election

Seats: 7Quota: 1867


 
Connaughton's
surplus of 641
Killilea's
surplus of 142
Distribution
Stapleton's 370
Distribution
Dwyer's 418
Distribution
Keane's 538
Distribution
Ceallaigh's 567
Donnellan's
surplus of 11
Distribution
Dunne's 825
Distribution
Kelly's 845
Ryan's
surplus of 24
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
1
Paul Connaughton (FG)
16.8%
2505
2
Mark Killilea (FF)
13.5%
2006
3
John Donnellan (FG)
12.6%
1875
4
Michael Ryan (FG)
8.6%
12781537
(259)
1541
(4)
1546
(5)
1561
(15)
1596
(35)
1700
(104)
1705
(5)
1846
(141)
1899
(53)
5
Frank Glynn (SF)
8.1%
12031262
(59)
1280
(18)
1307
(27)
1374
(67)
1468
(94)
1526
(58)
1527
(1)
1598
(71)
1727
(129)
1730
(3)
6
Patrick Finnegan (FF)
8.1%
12141242
(28)
1258
(16)
1328
(70)
1344
(16)
1370
(26)
1389
(19)
1390
(1)
1644
(254)
1702
(58)
1704
(2)
7
Joe Burke (FG)
6.6%
9891108
(119)
1117
(9)
1160
(43)
1263
(103)
1369
(106)
1404
(35)
1407
(3)
1417
(10)
1661
(244)
1679
(18)
Peter Raftery (FF)
6.3%
937980
(43)
996
(16)
1052
(56)
1054
(2)
1071
(17)
1287
(216)
1287
(0)
1497
(210)
1549
(52)
1550
(1)
Miko Kelly (IND)
3.7%
554572
(18)
580
(8)
633
(53)
709
(76)
820
(111)
832
(12)
833
(1)
845
(12)
Michael Dunne (FF)
4.7%
698729
(31)
741
(12)
783
(42)
790
(7)
804
(14)
825
(21)
825
(0)
Padraig Ó Ceallaigh (IND)
3.3%
496554
(58)
556
(2)
557
(1)
561
(4)
567
(6)
Jarlath Keane (IND)
2.9%
439451
(12)
457
(6)
479
(22)
538
(59)
Kevin Dwyer (LAB)
2.6%
394401
(7)
405
(4)
418
(13)
P.M. Stapleton (FF)
2.1%
316323
(7)
370
(47)
Electorate: 20427Turnout: 15092Valid: 14904