Dublin City Council (Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham)
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 | | 775 (61.9%) | 154 (12.3%) | 21 (1.7%) | 134 (10.7%) | 169 (13.5%) | ||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 31 (5.8%) | 396 (74.3%) | 30 (5.6%) | 53 (9.9%) | 23 (4.3%) | ||
| from Fine Gael | | 460 (25.9%) | 256 (14.4%) | 582 (32.8%) | 334 (18.8%) | 130 (7.3%) | 6 (0.3%) | 5 (0.3%) |
| from Independent | | 989 (26.8%) | 934 (25.3%) | 221 (6.0%) | 900 (24.4%) | 646 (17.5%) | 3 (0.1%) | 2 (0.1%) |
| from Communist Party | | 42 (22.1%) | 13 (6.8%) | 8 (4.2%) | 67 (35.3%) | 60 (31.6%) | ||
| from Socialist Labour Party | | 45 (37.8%) | 7 (5.9%) | 2 (1.7%) | 38 (31.9%) | 15 (12.6%) | 12 (10.1%) |