1979 European Parliament election in Ireland

1979 European Parliament election in Ireland

7 June 1979 1984 →

15 Irish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout1,392,285 (63.6%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Garret FitzGerald 1975 (cropped).jpg
Labour
Leader Jack Lynch Garret FitzGerald Frank Cluskey
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Alliance EPD EPP SOC
Leader since 9 November 1966 1977 1977
Seats won
5 / 15
4 / 15
4 / 15
Popular vote 464,451 443,652 193,898
Percentage 34.7% 33.1% 14.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
IFF
Tomás Mac Giolla (cropped).jpg
Leader Neil Blaney Tomás Mac Giolla
Party Independent Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Alliance CDI
Leader since 1972 14 October 1962
Seats won
1 / 15
0 / 15
Popular vote 81,522 43,942
Percentage 6.1% 3.3%

The 1979 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 1979 European Parliament election. These were the first direct elections to the European Parliament, and the first election to be held simultaneously across the entire Island of Ireland since the 1921 Irish elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.