Galway City Council (South Ward)
1979 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | ||
| from Labour Party | | 16 (12.5%) | 34 (26.6%) | 60 (46.9%) | 18 (14.1%) | |
| from Fianna Fáil | | 443 (56.4%) | 85 (10.8%) | 258 (32.8%) | ||
| from Fine Gael | | 34 (10.3%) | 210 (63.8%) | 85 (25.8%) | ||
| from Independent | | 1 (0.3%) | 79 (27.1%) | 94 (32.3%) | 115 (39.5%) | 2 (0.7%) |
| from Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | | 14 (10.4%) | 32 (23.7%) | 89 (65.9%) |