Sligo County Council (Sligo)
1979 Local Election

Seats: 9Quota: 1187


 
McManus's
surplus of 288
Distribution
Gallagher's 133
Distribution
Leydon's 168
Bree's
surplus of 18
Mulrooney's
surplus of 14
Distribution
McNamara's 214
Distribution
Lyons's 236
Distribution
Kearney's 343
Distribution
Watters's 444
Distribution
Higgins's 525
Distribution
Carroll's 573
Distribution
Brennan's 802
Farrell's
surplus of 63
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14
1
Sean McManus (FF)
12.4%
1475
2
John Mulrooney (FF)
10.1%
1201
3
Declan Bree (IND)
9.7%
11541182
(28)
1206
(24)
4
Tony McLoughlin (FG)
9.4%
11161141
(25)
1163
(22)
1175
(12)
1176
(1)
1177
(1)
1201
(24)
5
William Farrell (FF)
5.6%
669708
(39)
711
(3)
731
(20)
731
(0)
736
(5)
742
(6)
747
(5)
771
(24)
847
(76)
964
(117)
985
(21)
1250
(265)
6
Eugene Henry (FG)
6.7%
798811
(13)
823
(12)
827
(4)
829
(2)
829
(0)
837
(8)
902
(65)
921
(19)
976
(55)
1021
(45)
1062
(41)
1114
(52)
1120
(6)
7
Tom Fox (FG)
7.0%
826837
(11)
844
(7)
858
(14)
858
(0)
859
(1)
879
(20)
912
(33)
935
(23)
970
(35)
1001
(31)
1054
(53)
1097
(43)
1111
(14)
8
John Fallon (FG)
5.8%
691715
(24)
733
(18)
737
(4)
743
(6)
743
(0)
751
(8)
780
(29)
793
(13)
808
(15)
834
(26)
939
(105)
1002
(63)
1018
(16)
9
Tommy Higgins (LAB)
3.8%
455475
(20)
494
(19)
501
(7)
504
(3)
505
(1)
567
(62)
585
(18)
624
(39)
646
(22)
685
(39)
819
(134)
974
(155)
996
(22)
James Feighney (FG)
5.1%
600601
(1)
602
(1)
636
(34)
636
(0)
638
(2)
639
(1)
659
(20)
674
(15)
836
(162)
848
(12)
862
(14)
879
(17)
884
(5)
Michael Brennan (FF)
4.8%
574611
(37)
613
(2)
621
(8)
621
(0)
622
(1)
632
(10)
637
(5)
652
(15)
658
(6)
776
(118)
802
(26)
Michael Carroll (IND)
4.0%
472482
(10)
490
(8)
498
(8)
500
(2)
500
(0)
515
(15)
523
(8)
556
(33)
561
(5)
573
(12)
Albert Higgins (FF)
3.7%
439490
(51)
493
(3)
496
(3)
497
(1)
499
(2)
505
(6)
508
(3)
523
(15)
525
(2)
John Watters (FG)
3.2%
379381
(2)
382
(1)
392
(10)
393
(1)
394
(1)
402
(8)
424
(22)
444
(20)
P.J. Kearney (SF)
2.7%
315323
(8)
324
(1)
332
(8)
333
(1)
333
(0)
337
(4)
343
(6)
Matt Lyons (FG)
1.8%
216221
(5)
222
(1)
224
(2)
224
(0)
224
(0)
236
(12)
Dympna McNamara (LAB)
1.6%
195202
(7)
204
(2)
213
(9)
214
(1)
214
(0)
Michael Leydon (SFWP)
1.4%
167168
(1)
168
(0)
Sidney Gallagher (SFWP)
1.1%
127133
(6)
Valid: 11869