1979 Election
| 1979 European Parliament election: Dublin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour Party | John O'Connell | 44,832 | 15.2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Fine Gael | Richie Ryan | 48,411 | 16.4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Labour Party | Michael O'Leary | 34,511 | 11.7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Síle de Valera | 41,357 | 14.0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Fine Gael | Nuala Fennell | 26,951 | 9.1 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ruairí Brugha | 21,758 | 7.4 | |||
| Independent | Seán Loftus | 21,769 | 7.4 | |||
| Fine Gael | Maurice Manning | 14,296 | 4.8 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Yeats | 12,715 | 4.3 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | Tomás Mac Giolla | 11,915 | 4.0 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Fox | 8,178 | 2.8 | |||
| Labour Party | Jane Dillon Byrne | 7,807 | 2.6 | |||
| Independent | Kevin Clear | 915 | 0.3 | |||
| Electorate: 618,454 Valid: 295,415 Spoilt: 8,653 (2.9%) Quota: 59,084 Turnout: 304,068 (49.2%) | ||||||
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