Louth County Council: (Drogheda) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis

Seats: 8

Quota: 1313

Seat	Candidate	Share	First Pref Votes
1	Paddy Donegan (FG)	14.0%	1666
2	Frank Godfrey (IND)	11.8%	1405
4	Michael Bell (LAB)	8.3%	986
3	Johnny Connor (FF)	6.0%	720
8	Fergus O'Dowd (LAB)	6.0%	719
	John Kirk (FF)	6.0%	713
7	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill (SFWP)	5.6%	664
5	Aloysius Farrell (FF)	5.4%	641
	Con O'Brien (IND)	5.0%	599
	Peter Moore (LAB)	4.7%	563
	Patrick Carr (IND)	4.6%	551
6	Patrick Buckley (FG)	3.9%	464
	Frank Carolan (FF)	3.2%	381
	Seamus Stewart (FF)	2.9%	349
	Daniel Woods (FG)	2.1%	246
	Peter Crilly (FF)	2.0%	242
	John Crilly (LAB)	2.0%	242
	Raymond Dempsey (FG)	1.9%	224
	Joe Coyle (SFWP)	1.4%	166
	Frank Mooney (LAB)	1.3%	153
	Charles McGee (FG)	1.2%	139
	Patrick Doyle (SF)	0.5%	64
	J. Fitzpatrick (SF)	0.3%	30

Incumbent in Bold

Electorate: 18736

Turnout: 11991

Valid: 11816

Louth County Council (Drogheda)1979 Local Election