Westmeath County Council (Mullingar)
1979 Local Election

Seats: 8Quota: 842


 
Distribution
Brophy's 133
Bennett's
surplus of 45
Distribution
Cornally's 248
L'Estrange's
surplus of 17
Distribution
Bruton's 299
Distribution
Boyhan's 361
Keegan's
surplus of 12
Distribution
Carley's 413
Distribution
Murtagh's 450
Distribution
Feely's 483
Abbott's
surplus of 21
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12
1
Jimmy Bennett (LAB)
11.7%
887
2
Gerry L'Estrange (FG)
11.3%
859
3
John Keegan (FG)
9.2%
695709
(14)
711
(2)
718
(7)
722
(4)
777
(55)
854
(77)
4
Henry Abbott (FF)
9.1%
693694
(1)
696
(2)
705
(9)
706
(1)
714
(8)
743
(29)
743
(0)
826
(83)
878
(52)
5
Jack Coleman (LAB)
6.2%
470484
(14)
505
(21)
581
(76)
582
(1)
606
(24)
632
(26)
633
(1)
649
(16)
813
(164)
858
(45)
6
Jimmy O'Brien (FF)
8.2%
622623
(1)
624
(1)
636
(12)
636
(0)
642
(6)
645
(3)
645
(0)
666
(21)
677
(11)
796
(119)
799
(3)
7
Camillus Glynn (FF)
6.5%
494499
(5)
501
(2)
507
(6)
507
(0)
526
(19)
533
(7)
533
(0)
643
(110)
683
(40)
785
(102)
794
(9)
8
Edward Fagan (FG)
5.0%
377393
(16)
394
(1)
412
(18)
416
(4)
474
(58)
603
(129)
612
(9)
623
(11)
649
(26)
678
(29)
681
(3)
Aeline Mallon (FF)
6.3%
478480
(2)
482
(2)
488
(6)
489
(1)
495
(6)
503
(8)
504
(1)
532
(28)
542
(10)
642
(100)
648
(6)
Joe Feely (FF)
5.1%
383389
(6)
391
(2)
400
(9)
400
(0)
414
(14)
420
(6)
420
(0)
476
(56)
483
(7)
Bernard Murtagh (LAB)
4.6%
345345
(0)
347
(2)
396
(49)
397
(1)
403
(6)
414
(11)
415
(1)
450
(35)
Matt Carley (FF)
5.0%
381385
(4)
386
(1)
394
(8)
394
(0)
402
(8)
413
(11)
413
(0)
Paddy Boyhan (FG)
3.5%
267290
(23)
292
(2)
300
(8)
303
(3)
361
(58)
Eddie Bruton (FG)
3.3%
250285
(35)
288
(3)
297
(9)
299
(2)
Robert Cornally (LAB)
3.2%
241244
(3)
248
(4)
Vincent Brophy (FG)
1.8%
133
Electorate: 12117Turnout: 7718Valid: 7575