Dublin City Council (Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock)
1979 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | to Communist Party | to Socialist Labour Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 483 (71.6%) | 42 (6.2%) | 67 (9.9%) | 51 (7.6%) | 28 (4.1%) | 4 (0.6%) | |
| from Fianna Fáil | | 21 (6.2%) | 274 (80.8%) | 22 (6.5%) | 18 (5.3%) | 4 (1.2%) | ||
| from Fine Gael | | 173 (12.4%) | 131 (9.4%) | 918 (65.6%) | 145 (10.4%) | 31 (2.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.1%) |
| from Independent | | 103 (22.6%) | 65 (14.3%) | 58 (12.7%) | 153 (33.6%) | 50 (11.0%) | 17 (3.7%) | 9 (2.0%) |
| from Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | | 230 (38.1%) | 99 (16.4%) | 20 (3.3%) | 254 (42.1%) | |||
| from Communist Party | | 20 (13.4%) | 6 (4.0%) | 6 (4.0%) | 42 (28.2%) | 43 (28.9%) | 32 (21.5%) | |
| from Socialist Labour Party | | 167 (40.6%) | 35 (8.5%) | 32 (7.8%) | 74 (18.0%) | 45 (10.9%) | 1 (0.2%) | 57 (13.9%) |