Sligo Corporation (East Ward)
1979 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Independent Socialist | ||
| from Labour Party | | 31 (16.2%) | 40 (20.9%) | 7 (3.7%) | 94 (49.2%) | 19 (9.9%) |
| from Fianna Fáil | | 13 (3.8%) | 177 (51.5%) | 32 (9.3%) | 86 (25.0%) | 36 (10.5%) |
| from Fine Gael | | 9 (10.2%) | 6 (6.8%) | 59 (67.0%) | 14 (15.9%) | |
| from Independent | | 17 (15.7%) | 19 (17.6%) | 22 (20.4%) | 50 (46.3%) | |
| from Independent Socialist | | 4 (26.7%) | 3 (20.0%) | 2 (13.3%) | 6 (40.0%) |