European elections in Ireland 1979

European elections in Ireland 1979

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A total of 15 seats

• Labor : 4
• Otherwise: 2
• FG : 4
• FF : 5

The 1979 European elections in Ireland were the first direct election of members of the European Parliament in Ireland . It took place on June 10, 1979 as part of the 1979 EU- wide European elections . In Ireland, 15 of the 410 seats were awarded, for which 46 candidates applied. The election was carried out using the transferable individual voting procedure in four constituencies .

Result

Summary

Political party		First preferences	proportion of	Mandates	fraction
	Fianna Fáil	464.451	34.7	5	European People's Party
	Fine Gael	443,652	33.1	4th	Democrats for Progress
	Labor Party	193,898	14.5	4th	Socialist faction
	Independent Fianna Fáil	81,522	6.1	1	Independent MEPs Group
	Sinn Féin (Workers Party)	43,942	3.3	-
	Independent	111,607	8.3	1	Liberal and Democratic Group
total		1,339,072	100.0	15th

Constituencies of Ireland

Constituency	Eligible voters	Voters	Invalid ballot	Valid ballot papers	Quota *	Mandates	Applicants
Connacht-Ulster	442.471	320,713 (72.5%)	14,547 (4.5%)	306.166	76,542	3	11
Dublin	618.454	304,068 (49.2%)	8,653 (2.8%)	295,415	59,084	4th	13
Leinster	486.248	322,312 (66.3%)	15,416 (4.8%)	306.896	61,380	3	9
Muenster	641.625	445,192 (69.4%)	14,597 (3.3%)	430,595	71,766	5	13
total	2,188.798	1,392,285 (63.6%)	53,213 (3.8%)	1,339,072		15th	46

^* Preferences that were necessary to win a mandate

Elected MPs

MP	Constituency	Political party	First preferences	proportion of
Neil Blaney	Connacht-Ulster	Independent Fianna Fáil	81,522	26.63%
Seán Flanagan	Connacht-Ulster	Fianna Fáil	38,233	12.49%
John McCartin	Connacht-Ulster	Fine Gael	47,519	15.52%
Mark Clinton	Leinster	Fine Gael	78,762	25.66%
Liam Kavanagh (until July 7, 1981) Séamus Pattison (July 9, 1981 - December 15, 1983) Justin Keating (from February 8, 1984)	Leinster	Labor Party	40,072	13.06%
Patrick Lalor	Leinster	Fianna Fáil	62.094	20.23%
Jerry Cronin (until May 23, 1984)	Muenster	Fianna Fáil	43,439	10.09%
Noel Davern	Muenster	Fianna Fáil	37,647	08.74%
Eileen Desmond (until July 7, 1981) Seán Treacy (from July 9, 1981)	Muenster	Labor Party	53,614	12.45%
Thomas Joseph Maher	Muenster	Non-party	86.208	20.02%
Tom O'Donnell	Muenster	Fine Gael	46,820	10.87%
Síle de Valera	Dublin	Fianna Fáil	41,357	14.00%
John O'Connell (until September 30, 1981) John Horgan (October 21, 1981 - January 1, 1983) Flor O'Mahony (from March 2, 1983)	Dublin	Labor Party	44,832	15.18%
Michael O'Leary (until June 30, 1981) Frank Cluskey (July 1, 1981 - December 14, 1982) Brendan Halligan (from March 2, 1983)	Dublin	Labor Party	34,511	11.68%
Richie Ryan	Dublin	Fine Gael	48,411	16.39%

source

• Elections Ireland