Waterford City Council (Waterford No. 1)
1979 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | to Socialist Labour Party | ||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 14 (9.6%) | 101 (69.2%) | 11 (7.5%) | 16 (11.0%) | 4 (2.7%) |
| from Fine Gael | | 82 (31.1%) | 18 (6.8%) | 110 (41.7%) | 54 (20.5%) | |
| from Independent |  | 3 (7.5%) | 17 (42.5%) | 9 (22.5%) | 5 (12.5%) | 6 (15.0%) |
| from Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) | | 56 (15.7%) | 61 (17.1%) | 240 (67.2%) | ||
| from Socialist Labour Party | | 32 (14.3%) | 44 (19.7%) | 49 (22.0%) | 98 (43.9%) |