1998, cork, south, central, election, election, held, dáil, Éireann, cork, south, central, constituency, ireland, october, 1998, followed, death, fine, gael, teachta, dála, hugh, coveney, march, 1998, 1997, general, election, october, 1998, 2002, general, elec. A by election was held in the Dail Eireann Cork South Central constituency in Ireland on 23 October 1998 It followed the death of Fine Gael Teachta Dala TD Hugh Coveney on 14 March 1998 1998 Cork South Central by election 1997 general election 23 October 1998 2002 general election Turnout43 007 49 1 Nominee Simon Coveney Sinead Behan Toddy O SullivanParty Fine Gael Fianna Fail LabourFirst preferences 16 212 12 658 8 171Percentage 37 7 29 4 19 0Final count 23 230 16 379 Nominee Dan Boyle Henry Cremin Peter KellyParty Green Sinn Fein Progressive DemocratsFirst preferences 3 461 1 158 971Percentage 8 1 2 7 2 3Final count Nominee Benny Cooney Brian McEnery Jim TallonParty Independent Natural Law IndependentFirst preferences 197 150 29Percentage 0 5 0 4 0 1Final count TD before electionHugh CoveneyFine Gael Elected TD Simon CoveneyFine GaelThe election was won by Simon Coveney of Fine Gael and son of Hugh Coveney The other candidates being Sinead Behan for Fianna Fail Cork City Councillor and former TD Toddy O Sullivan for the Labour Party Cork City Councillor Dan Boyle for the Green Party Henry Cremin for Sinn Fein Peter Kelly for the Progressive Democrats Benny Cooney as an Independent Brian McEnery for Natural Law and Jim Tallon as an Independent Dan Boyle would go on to represent the constituency as a TD in the future Contents 1 Result 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResult edit1998 Cork South Central by election 1 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fine Gael Simon Coveney 37 7 16 212 16 720 23 230Fianna Fail Sinead Behan 29 4 12 658 13 372 16 379Labour Toddy O Sullivan 19 0 8 171 8 689 Green Dan Boyle 8 1 3 461 4 017 Sinn Fein Henry Cremin 2 7 1 158 Progressive Democrats Peter Kelly 2 3 971 Independent Benny Cooney 0 5 197 Natural Law Brian McEnery 0 4 150 Independent Jim Tallon 0 1 29 Electorate 87 606 Valid 43 007 Quota 21 504 Turnout 49 1 See also editList of Dail by elections Dail constituenciesReferences edit https data oireachtas ie ie oireachtas electoralProcess electionResults dail 2002 2002 07 21 dail general election may 2002 results and transfer of votes en pdfExternal links edithttps electionsireland org result cfm election 1997B amp cons 61 amp ref 118 http irelandelection com election php elecid 41 amp electype 2 amp constitid 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Cork South Central by election amp oldid 1183277924, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
