Dublin City Council: 1979 Local Election
| Party | Seats | Votes | Share | Candidates | Constituencies | |||||
| Fine Gael |  | 15 | (+2) | 49896 | 29.3% | (+2.4%) | 38 | (+7) | 11 | (+2) |
| Fianna Fáil |  | 12 | (-3) | 46092 | 27.1% | (-3.7%) | 42 | (+6) | 11 | (+2) |
| Labour Party |  | 11 | (+1) | 31190 | 18.3% | (-1.7%) | 31 | (+2) | 11 | (+2) |
| Independent |  | 6 | (-1) | 27209 | 16.0% | (-4.3%) | 31 | (-4) | 10 | (+1) |
| Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) |  | 1 | (+1) | 8353 | 4.9% | (+4.9%) | 11 | (+11) | 9 | (+9) |
| Socialist Labour Party |  | 0 | 5777 | 3.4% | (+3.4%) | 14 | (+14) | 7 | (+7) | |
| Sinn Féin |  | 0 | 1391 | 0.8% | (+0.8%) | 5 | (+5) | 4 | (+4) | |
| Communist Party |  | 0 | 348 | 0.2% | (+0.2%) | 2 | (+2) | 2 | (+2) | |