Ireland 1979 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Fianna Fáil won 5 of 15 seats with 34.7% of the vote; 63.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Ireland
- Held
European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 5 | 34.7 | 464,450 |
| Fine Gael | 4 | 33.1 | 443,652 |
| Labour Party | 4 | 14.5 | 193,898 |
| Independent -- Thomas (TJ) Maher | 1 | 6.4 | 86,208 |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 1 | 6.1 | 81,522 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 3.3 | 43,943 |
Votes by party
- Fianna Fáil 464,450
- Fine Gael 443,652
- Labour Party 193,898
- Independent -- Thomas (TJ) Maher 86,208
- Independent Fianna Fáil 81,522
- Workers' Party 43,943
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
63.6% of the 2,188,798 registered voters cast a ballot (1,392,285 ballots). 1,339,072 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Fianna Fáil34.7% of votes33.3% of seats
- Fine Gael33.1% of votes26.7% of seats
- Labour Party14.5% of votes26.7% of seats
- Independent -- Thomas (TJ) Maher6.4% of votes6.7% of seats
- Independent Fianna Fáil6.1% of votes6.7% of seats
- Workers' Party3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.8 by seats; Fianna Fáil led Fine Gael by 1.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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