1977 general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | to Democratic Socialist | ||
| from Labour Party | | 6381 (18.8%) | 21422 (63.2%) | 3635 (10.7%) | 2413 (7.1%) | 41 (0.1%) | |
| from Fianna Fáil | | 724 (3.1%) | 21010 (89.8%) | 1426 (6.1%) | 209 (0.9%) | 27 (0.1%) | |
| from Fine Gael | | 15878 (23.5%) | 11865 (17.5%) | 38843 (57.4%) | 1027 (1.5%) | 5 (0.0%) | 54 (0.1%) |
| from Independent | | 7486 (18.6%) | 22647 (56.2%) | 8316 (20.6%) | 998 (2.5%) | 357 (0.9%) | 468 (1.2%) |
| from Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | | 1979 (37.8%) | 2023 (38.7%) | 709 (13.6%) | 453 (8.7%) | 65 (1.2%) | |
| from Democratic Socialist | | 222 (8.8%) | 278 (11.1%) | 425 (16.9%) | 1585 (63.1%) |