Cavan County Council (Cavan)
1979 Local Election

Seats: 7Quota: 1067


 
Distribution
Harwood's 41
O'Brien's
surplus of 163
Distribution
Rudden's 458
Conaty's
surplus of 53
Smith's
surplus of 31
Distribution
McCaughey's 599
Boylan's
surplus of 178
Distribution
Finlay's 651
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
1
Andrew O'Brien (FG)
14.4%
1230
3
Patrick Conaty (FF)
11.4%
972978
(6)
993
(15)
1120
(127)
2
Francis Smith (FF)
11.5%
978983
(5)
989
(6)
1098
(109)
4
Andrew Boylan (FG)
10.9%
926929
(3)
984
(55)
992
(8)
992
(0)
992
(0)
1254
(262)
5
Michael Nelson (FG)
8.7%
746749
(3)
782
(33)
862
(80)
875
(13)
878
(3)
962
(84)
1089
(127)
6
Mary Smith (FF)
6.8%
576576
(0)
581
(5)
607
(26)
629
(22)
643
(14)
756
(113)
771
(15)
1081
(310)
7
Charlie Boylan (SF)
10.0%
851860
(9)
871
(11)
886
(15)
888
(2)
890
(2)
915
(25)
928
(13)
990
(62)
William E. Sherriff (IND)
7.6%
646654
(8)
662
(8)
668
(6)
669
(1)
669
(0)
733
(64)
752
(19)
824
(72)
Brian Finlay (FF)
6.2%
531532
(1)
542
(10)
614
(72)
629
(15)
641
(12)
647
(6)
651
(4)
Francis McCaughey (FG)
6.8%
579582
(3)
597
(15)
599
(2)
599
(0)
599
(0)
Brian Rudden (FF)
5.3%
452453
(1)
458
(5)
Patrick Harwood (IND)
0.5%
41
Electorate: 11586Turnout: 8667Valid: 8528