Kilkenny County Council (Kilkenny)
1979 Local Election

Seats: 8Quota: 1265


 
Crotty's
surplus of 652
Pattison's
surplus of 43
Distribution
Buckley's 132
Distribution
Meaney's 155
Distribution
Gorey-Ragget's 184
Distribution
Vaughan's, Corr's
votes
Lanigan's
surplus of 300
Distribution
Callanan's 388
Distribution
Dorgan's 445
Distribution
Parsons's 504
Distribution
Carroll's 575
Carroll's
surplus of 385
Distribution
Bolger's 638
Distribution
Comerford's 683
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14Count 15Count 16
1
Kieran Crotty (FG)
16.8%
1917
2
Michael Lanigan (FF)
11.2%
1276
3
Séamus Pattison (LAB)
10.7%
12131308
(95)
4
Thomas Hogan (FG)
7.6%
865935
(70)
938
(3)
954
(16)
962
(8)
988
(26)
1063
(75)
1097
(34)
1111
(14)
1158
(47)
1158
(0)
1296
(138)
5
Michael McGuinness (FF)
8.3%
939996
(57)
1000
(4)
1005
(5)
1008
(3)
1017
(9)
1019
(2)
1039
(20)
1100
(61)
1166
(66)
1170
(4)
1178
(8)
1203
(25)
1203
(0)
1284
(81)
6
Margaret Tynan (FG)
3.8%
429522
(93)
528
(6)
529
(1)
542
(13)
569
(27)
581
(12)
681
(100)
692
(11)
699
(7)
700
(1)
835
(135)
1029
(194)
1053
(24)
1214
(161)
1234
(20)
7
Thomas Martin (LAB)
5.5%
621693
(72)
700
(7)
746
(46)
755
(9)
784
(29)
789
(5)
821
(32)
834
(13)
848
(14)
849
(1)
872
(23)
900
(28)
903
(3)
1038
(135)
1074
(36)
8
Thomas Brennan (FF)
4.8%
551559
(8)
559
(0)
559
(0)
575
(16)
578
(3)
585
(7)
588
(3)
669
(81)
692
(23)
694
(2)
708
(14)
790
(82)
791
(1)
833
(42)
1058
(225)
Peter Smithwick (FF)
3.6%
413428
(15)
432
(4)
433
(1)
438
(5)
439
(1)
445
(6)
454
(9)
516
(62)
600
(84)
602
(2)
627
(25)
638
(11)
639
(1)
703
(64)
933
(230)
Patrick Comerford (FF)
3.5%
401402
(1)
403
(1)
407
(4)
409
(2)
414
(5)
424
(10)
429
(5)
488
(59)
633
(145)
634
(1)
644
(10)
666
(22)
667
(1)
683
(16)
John Bolger (IND)
4.2%
475511
(36)
517
(6)
518
(1)
521
(3)
530
(9)
534
(4)
561
(27)
586
(25)
592
(6)
592
(0)
614
(22)
637
(23)
638
(1)
Tom Carroll (FG)
3.6%
409431
(22)
432
(1)
433
(1)
445
(12)
455
(10)
486
(31)
510
(24)
511
(1)
514
(3)
514
(0)
575
(61)
Michael Parsons (FG)
2.8%
318375
(57)
379
(4)
383
(4)
414
(31)
440
(26)
461
(21)
494
(33)
500
(6)
504
(4)
504
(0)
Moira Dorgan (FF)
3.4%
383386
(3)
386
(0)
404
(18)
404
(0)
406
(2)
414
(8)
415
(1)
445
(30)
Seamus Callanan (FF)
3.1%
357364
(7)
365
(1)
368
(3)
371
(3)
372
(1)
376
(4)
388
(12)
Thomas Vaughan (FG)
2.2%
248276
(28)
276
(0)
276
(0)
298
(22)
310
(12)
Eddie Corr (FG)
1.5%
174193
(19)
193
(0)
201
(8)
211
(10)
219
(8)
Breda Gorey-Ragget (FG)
1.1%
126173
(47)
177
(4)
177
(0)
184
(7)
Martin Meaney (FG)
1.2%
136154
(18)
154
(0)
155
(1)
Joe Buckley (LAB)
1.1%
126130
(4)
132
(2)
Electorate: 16547Turnout: 11553Valid: 11377