Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)

Cork South-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Cork South-Central
Dáil constituency
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Major settlements	Carrigaline Cork City (southern part)
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–2016) 4 (2016–)
TDs	Simon Coveney (FG)   Micheál Martin (FF)   Michael McGrath (FF)   Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF)
Local government area	Cork City County Cork
EP constituency	South

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and first used at the 1981 general election, taking in parts of the former Cork City and Cork Mid constituencies. It is a mixed urban-rural constituency encompassing the south of Cork City, county towns and a rural hinterland. It encompasses the electoral areas of Cork City south of the river Lee, together with most of the Carrigaline electoral area of County Cork, including the Ringaskiddy and Passage West areas.^[1]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Cork South-Central be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Cork North-Central.^[2] It proposed the following boundaries:^[3]

"The city of Cork, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Cork North-Central;

and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of:

Carrigaline, Monkstown Urban in the former Rural District of Cork;

and those parts contained in the county of Cork of the electoral divisions of;

Ballygarvan, Douglas, Inishkenny, Monkstown Rural, in the former Rural District of Cork;

Carrigaline, Kilpatrick, Liscleary, Templebreedy, in the former Rural District of Kinsale."

Changes to the Cork South-Central constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1981–1992	5	The county borough of Cork, except the part in the constituency of Cork North-Central; and, in the county of Cork, the district electoral divisions of^[4]^[5] Ballincollig, Ballygarvan, Bishopstown, Carrigaline, Douglas, Dunderrow, Inishkenny, Lehenagh, Monkstown Rural, Monkstown Urban, Ovens in the former Rural District of Cork; Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Ballymartle, Carrigaline, Cullen, Farranbrien, Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Liscleary, Nohaval, Templebreedy, Templemichael, in the former Rural District of Kinsale.
1992–2002	5	The county borough of Cork, except the part in the constituency of Cork North-Central; and, in the county of Cork, the district electoral divisions of^[6]^[7] Ballincollig, Ballygarvan, Bishopstown, Carrigaline, Douglas, Dunderrow, Inishkenny, Lehenagh, Monkstown Rural, Monkstown Urban, Ovens in the former Rural District of Cork; Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Carrigaline, Cullen, Farranbrien, Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Liscleary, Nohaval, Templebreedy in the former Rural District of Kinsale.	Wards of Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B and Bishopstown C transferred to Cork North-Central; district electoral divisions of Ballymartle and Templemichael transferred to Cork South-West.^[8]^[9]
2002–2007	5	The city of Cork, except the part in the constituency of Cork North-Central; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of^[10] Ballincollig, Ballygarvan, Bishopstown, Carrigaline, Douglas, Dunderrow, Inishkenny, Lehenagh, Monkstown Rural, Monkstown Urban in the former Rural District of Cork; Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Carrigaline, Cullen, Farranbrien, Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Liscleary, Nohaval, Templebreedy in the former Rural District of Kinsale.	Electoral divisions of Evergreen, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Tramore A and Turners Cross A transferred to Cork North-Central; Electoral division of Ovens transferred to Cork North-West.^[11]
2007–2016	5	The city of Cork, except the part in the constituency of Cork North-Central; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of^[12]^[13] Ballygarvan, Bishopstown, Carrigaline, Douglas, Iniskenny, Lehenagh, Monkstown Rural, Monkstown Urban in the former Rural District of Cork; Carrigaline, Kilpatrick, Liscleary, Templebreedy in the former Rural District of Kinsale.	Electoral divisions of Ballinlough A, Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Centre A, Centre B, City Hall A, City Hall B, Evergreen, Gillabbey A, Gilabbey B, Gilabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Mardyke, South Gate, South Gate B, Tramore A and Turner's Cross A transferred from Cork North-Central; Electoral divisions of Dunderrow, Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Cullen, Farranbrien, Kilmonoge, Kinure and Nohaval transferred to Cork South-West; Electoral division of Ballincollig transferred to Cork North-West.^[14]^[15]
2016–	4	The city of Cork, except the part in the constituency of Cork North-Central; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of^[16]^[1] Ballygarvan, Carrigaline, Douglas, Iniskenny, Lehenagh, Monkstown Rural, Monkstown Urban, and the townland of Ballinaspig in the electoral division of Bishopstown (part) in the former Rural District of Cork; Carrigaline, Kilpatrick, Liscleary, Templebreedy in the former Rural District of Kinsale.	Electoral divisions of Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Centre A, Centre B, Gillabbey A, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Mardyke and the townland of Inchigaggin transferred to Cork North-Central.^[17]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-Central 1981–^[18]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Lab = Labour   PD = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981^[19]		Eileen Desmond (Lab)		Gene Fitzgerald (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)		Hugh Coveney (FG)		Peter Barry (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)^[20]								Jim Corr (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)^[21]								Hugh Coveney (FG)
25th	1987^[22]		Toddy O'Sullivan (Lab)		John Dennehy (FF)		Batt O'Keeffe (FF)		Pearse Wyse (PD)
26th	1989^[23]						Micheál Martin (FF)
27th	1992^[24]				Batt O'Keeffe (FF)				Pat Cox (PD)
	1994 by-election^[25]								Hugh Coveney (FG)
28th	1997^[26]		John Dennehy (FF)								Deirdre Clune (FG)
	1998 by-election^[27]								Simon Coveney (FG)
29th	2002^[28]										Dan Boyle (GP)
30th	2007^[29]		Ciarán Lynch (Lab)		Michael McGrath (FF)						Deirdre Clune (FG)
31st	2011^[30]										Jerry Buttimer (FG)
32nd	2016^[31]		Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF)							4 seats since 2016
33rd	2020^[32]

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2020 general election

2020 general election: Cork South-Central^[32][33][34]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire	24.6	14,057
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	19.3	11,023	11,197	11,234	11,297	11,360	11,505
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney	16.3	9,327	9,408	9,439	9,465	9,525	9,720	9,847	12,170
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGrath	16.2	9,236	9,499	9,527	9,576	9,636	9,775	10,350	10,809
	Green	Lorna Bogue	9.4	5,379	5,787	5,833	5,931	6,448	7,184	7,537	9,179
	Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer	4.9	2,828	2,869	2,882	2,897	2,926	3,066	3,112
	Solidarity–PBP	Bobby Murray Walsh^[n 1]	1.3	764	1,360	1,466	1,651	1,977	2,120	2,377
	Aontú	Anna Daly	2.4	1,350	1,495	1,565	1,664	1,736	1,821
	Labour	Ciara Kennedy	2.2	1,263	1,404	1,424	1,490	1,707
	Social Democrats	Patricia O'Dwyer	1.9	1,077	1,311	1,367	1,439
	Independent	Paudie Dineen	0.8	429	697	898
	Independent	William O'Brien	0.4	202	381
	Independent	John Donohoe	0.2	103	145
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.2	102	158
Electorate: 90,916   Valid: 57,140   Spoilt: 317   Quota: 11,429   Turnout: 63.2%

1. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Murray Walsh was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cork South-Central^[35][36][31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGrath	21.2	11,795
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	20.4	11,346
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney	14.3	7,965	8,180	8,233	8,241	8,293	8,303	8,468	8,527	8,591	9,315	10,372
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire	12.5	6,986	7,090	7,122	7,152	7,257	7,414	7,524	7,877	8,366	8,526	10,653
	Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer	11.5	6,419	6,498	6,530	6,532	6,568	6,582	6,701	6,727	6,786	7,843	9,117
	Independent	Mick Finn	4.3	2,378	2,423	2,446	2,454	2,528	2,583	2,686	2,869	3,199	3,356
	Green	Lorna Bogue	3.7	2,064	2,095	2,108	2,114	2,183	2,243	2,364	2,452	2,930	3,291
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch	4.3	2,417	2,462	2,478	2,481	2,504	2,513	2,574	2,611	2,685
	AAA–PBP	Fiona Ryan	1.7	937	954	960	976	1,037	1,492	1,592	1,882
	Independent	Diarmuid Ó Cadhla	1.6	869	885	891	941	1,047	1,107	1,188
	Renua	Ciarán Kenneally	1.6	887	931	944	951	990	1,014
	AAA–PBP	Jim O'Connell	1.4	795	810	815	829	880
	Independent	Joe Harris	0.6	350	371	376	388
	Independent	Elizabeth Hourihane	0.5	304	327	329	333
	Independent	Michael Mohally	0.3	170	173	176
Electorate: 84,482   Valid: 55,682   Spoilt: 404   Quota: 11,137   Turnout: 66.4%

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cork South-Central^[30]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	16.7	10,715
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch	13.2	8,481	8,484	8,516	8,543	8,593	8,810	9,218	9,921	12,565
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney	14.8	9,447	9,450	9,471	9,521	9,558	9,712	9,976	10,169	10,531	10,872
	Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer	11.1	7,128	7,130	7,150	7,173	7,194	7,327	7,553	7,822	8,032	8,410	13,096
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGrath	11.3	7,221	7,248	7,274	7,327	7,350	7,484	7,635	7,911	8,120	8,393	9,025	10,023
	Sinn Féin	Chris O'Leary	8.2	5,250	5,251	5,291	5,319	5,414	5,688	5,796	6,463	6,719	7,268	7,640	8,187
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune	8.8	5,650	5,652	5,672	5,689	5,709	5,803	5,982	6,124	6,364	6,690
	Labour	Paula Desmond	5.3	3,388	3,389	3,412	3,455	3,499	3,609	3,877	4,127
	Independent	Mick Finn	3.7	2,386	2,387	2,440	2,540	2,597	2,882	2,960
	Green	Dan Boyle	2.6	1,640	1,641	1,650	1,672	1,708	1,800
	New Vision	David McCarthy	1.4	880	880	917	952	1,037
	Independent	Ted Neville	0.8	523	523	547	581	639
	Independent	Diarmaid Ó Cadhla	0.8	508	508	531	563
	Independent	Seán Dunphy	0.7	448	448	481
	Independent	Eric Isherwood	0.3	193	193
	Independent	Finbarr O'Driscoll	0.1	92	92
	Independent	Gerard Linehan	0.1	90	90
Electorate: 90,044   Valid: 64,040   Spoilt: 624 (1.0%)   Quota: 10,674   Turnout: 64,664 (71.8%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork South-Central^[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	19.0	11,226
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGrath	16.7	9,866
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune	9.7	5,739	5,843	5,941	6,447	8,565	9,875
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch	9.2	5,466	5,566	5,730	6,528	7,285	9,851
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney	9.9	5,863	5,960	6,058	6,451	8,042	9,363
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	8.6	5,062	5,810	5,921	7,087	7,448	8,067
	Green	Dan Boyle	8.4	4,945	5,057	5,263	6,318	6,994
	Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer	8.8	5,180	5,242	5,337	5,760
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cremin	5.1	3,020	3,054	3,198
	Progressive Democrats	John Minihan	2.7	1,596	1,706	1,807
	Immigration Control	Ted Neville	1.4	804	814
	Independent	Gerard Linehan	0.2	155	156
	Independent	Morgan Stack	0.2	116	118
	Independent	Maurice Fitzgerald	0.1	30	31
Electorate: 91,090   Valid: 59,068   Spoilt: 592 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,845   Turnout: 59,660 (65.5%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cork South-Central^[28]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	26.7	14,742
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney	9.4	5,183	5,757	5,793	5,906	6,038	6,634	11,573
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe	11.9	6,556	8,224	8,279	8,393	8,694	8,897	9,112	9,331
	Green	Dan Boyle	9.0	4,952	5,394	5,506	5,766	6,334	7,761	8,304	9,317
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	10.0	5,533	7,256	7,295	7,697	8,061	8,281	8,480	8,684	8,766	8,789
	Independent	Kathy Sinnott	9.0	4,984	5,393	5,491	5,909	6,450	7,215	7,724	8,654	8,696	8,783
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune	10.0	5,535	5,848	5,886	5,982	6,075	6,593
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	5.9	3,282	3,461	3,509	3,743	3,966
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hanlon	3.7	2,063	2,176	2,254	2,480
	Independent	Con O'Connell	3.3	1,821	1,914	2,004
	Immigration Control	Ted Neville	0.7	372	383
	Socialist Workers	Michael O'Sullivan	0.4	217	227
Electorate: 89,646   Valid: 55,240   Spoilt: 545 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,207   Turnout: 55,785 (62.2%)

1998 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Hugh Coveney, a by-election was held on 23 October 1998. It was won by the Fine Gael candidate Simon Coveney, son of the deceased TD.

1998 by-election: Cork South-Central^[27]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney	37.7	16,212	16,720	23,230
	Fianna Fáil	Sinead Behan	29.4	12,658	13,372	16,379
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	19.0	8,171	8,689
	Green	Dan Boyle	8.1	3,461	4,017
	Sinn Féin	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%

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cork South-Central^[26][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	17.5	9,652
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	17.2	9,524
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe	13.2	7,279	7,462	7,478	7,585	7,812	8,419	9,194
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	11.9	6,524	6,682	6,694	6,788	6,938	7,118	7,851	8,124	8,975
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune	8.4	4,602	4,622	4,781	4,860	5,009	5,196	5,476	7,274	8,469
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	8.9	4,908	4,933	4,979	5,090	5,229	5,410	5,512	6,054	7,636
	Green	Dan Boyle	6.6	3,622	3,650	3,666	4,051	4,375	4,588	4,884	5,184
	Fine Gael	Sylvester Cotter	4.9	2,701	2,712	2,794	2,853	2,935	3,048	3,182
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Coughlan	4.2	2,304	2,339	2,347	2,400	2,473	2,536
	Independent	Derry Canty	2.7	1,497	1,501	1,505	1,540	1,719
	Independent	Matty O'Callaghan	2.3	1,254	1,263	1,268	1,444
	Independent	Tim Murphy	1.2	663	665	666
	Independent	Seán P. Twomey	0.4	215	216	217
	Natural Law	Nora Anne Luck	0.3	182	183	183
	Independent	Séan Ahern	0.2	112	113	113
Electorate: 84,288   Valid: 55,039   Spoilt: 362 (0.7%)   Quota: 9,174   Turnout: 55,401 (65.7%)

1994 by-election

Following the resignation of Progressive Democrats TD Pat Cox after his election to the European Parliament, a by-election was held on 10 November 1994. It was won by the Fine Gael candidate Hugh Coveney.

1994 by-election: Cork South-Central^[25]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	31.2	13,128	13,224	13,539	14,337	14,810	19,396
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	31.6	13,316	13,423	13,832	14,040	14,683	17,421
	Green	Dan Boyle	15.8	6,677	6,982	7,453	7,928	8,437
	Independent	Brendan Ryan	6.2	2,618	2,853	3,074	3,268	3,561
	Labour	Joe O'Flynn	4.6	1,940	2,022	2,073	2,144
	Progressive Democrats	Alan Ellard	4.1	1,719	1,789	1,873
	Christian Solidarity	Catherine Kelly	4.0	1,704	1,764
	Workers' Party	Sean McCarthy	1.9	813
	Natural Law	Brian McEnery	0.5	219
Electorate: 78,420   Valid: 42,134   Quota: 21,068   Turnout: 53.7%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cork South-Central^[24][38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	18.0	9,662
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	14.8	7,939	7,994	8,001	8,010	8,026	8,082	8,148	8,267	8,400	8,493	8,971
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	9.4	5,020	5,099	5,099	5,105	5,111	5,133	5,146	5,180	5,286	6,157	6,261	6,262	6,721	7,088	9,408
	Progressive Democrats	Pat Cox	12.5	6,720	6,816	6,824	6,829	6,839	6,868	6,884	6,953	7,134	7,436	7,545	7,546	8,100	8,842	9,400
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe	10.3	5,532	5,566	5,569	5,570	5,579	5,588	5,638	5,709	5,754	5,792	6,128	6,146	6,549	6,762	6,985
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	7.3	3,925	3,951	3,953	3,955	3,961	3,983	4,027	4,081	4,122	4,138	4,736	4,750	4,986	5,309	5,733
	Fine Gael	Denis (Dino) Cregan	5.5	2,925	3,003	3,004	3,007	3,014	3,081	3,110	3,148	3,222	3,715	3,761	3,762	3,999	4,552
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	4.7	2,539	2,720	2,732	2,737	2,780	2,937	3,032	3,056	3,395	3,436	3,470	3,471	3,807
	Independent	Liam Hurley	4.2	2,239	2,278	2,281	2,292	2,304	2,339	2,404	2,482	2,651	2,685	2,974	2,976
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan	3.6	1,941	1,952	1,955	1,962	1,965	1,967	1,983	2,030	2,058	2,081
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr	3.4	1,828	1,859	1,860	1,863	1,867	1,872	1,881	1,911	1,975
	Green	Dan Boyle	2.2	1,166	1,205	1,219	1,227	1,246	1,281	1,378	1,462
	Independent	John Weldon	1.3	697	703	706	729	734	773	795
	Sinn Féin	Liam Burke	1.1	592	598	599	599	610	633
	Independent	Con O'Connell	1.0	526	540	554	560	592
	Workers' Party	Jerry McCarthy	0.3	172	196	197	198
	Independent	Seán P. Twomey	0.2	87	93	105
	Independent	Nora-Anne Luck	0.2	85	89
Electorate: 76,141   Valid: 53,595   Spoilt: 712 (1.3%)   Quota: 8,933   Turnout: 54,307 (71.3%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cork South-Central^[23][39][40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	14.5	7,791	7,975	8,178	8,360	12,843
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	12.2	6,564	6,612	7,294	7,685	7,917	8,074	8,458
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	11.8	6,300	6,393	6,534	9,092
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe	11.2	6,012	6,068	6,754	6,882	7,020	7,130	7,388
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr	11.0	5,899	6,109	6,233	6,421
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	10.4	5,586	5,638	7,134	7,372	7,552	7,660	8,017
	Progressive Democrats	Pearse Wyse	10.3	5,527	6,490	6,684	7,171	8,323	11,825
	Workers' Party	Kathleen Lynch	8.3	4,457	4,533	4,611
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan	6.8	3,652	3,731
	Progressive Democrats	John Kevin Coleman	3.1	1,679
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	0.3	150
Electorate: 78,385   Valid: 53,617   Quota: 8,937   Turnout: 68.4%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Cork South-Central^[22][41][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Progressive Democrats	Pearse Wyse	19.4	10,935
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	13.0	7,328	7,449	7,570	7,695	7,960	8,089	8,207	9,343	9,541
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	10.8	6,099	6,185	6,264	6,318	6,425	6,738	8,471	8,831	12,113
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	8.8	4,926	5,023	5,117	5,245	5,530	5,637	5,717	7,052	7,408	7,500
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	8.6	4,862	5,045	5,159	5,337	5,607	6,607	6,922	7,673	7,952	8,069
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe	7.9	4,437	4,507	4,552	4,585	4,641	4,763	5,713	6,034	7,184	9,711
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan	7.7	4,305	4,367	4,403	4,514	4,721	4,935	5,475	5,723
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin	6.4	3,619	3,710	3,754	3,811	3,909	4,219
	Progressive Democrats	Owen Curtin	5.5	3,112	3,295	4,245	4,424	4,775	5,036	5,168
	Workers' Party	Kathleen Lynch	4.2	2,349	2,539	2,566	2,791	2,940
	Independent	Charles Hennessy	2.8	1,585	1,739	1,762	1,967
	Independent	Mary Dunphy	2.2	1,229	1,377	1,402
	Independent	Sean Beausang	1.3	756
	Independent	Bernie Murphy	0.8	441
	Independent	Cornelius O'Donovan	0.4	245
	Independent	Michael T. Murphy	0.1	31
Electorate: 75,322   Valid: 56,259   Quota: 9,377   Turnout: 74.7%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cork South-Central^[21][43][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	19.2	9,472
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse	17.5	8,673
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	15.4	7,604	8,615
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald	14.4	7,136	7,149	7,364	7,367	7,660	7,813	8,048
	Labour	Eileen Desmond	13.1	6,496	6,577	6,620	6,675	6,878	7,415	8,473
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan	6.8	3,375	3,387	3,471	3,473	3,758	3,875	4,003
	Fine Gael	Tomás Ryan	5.4	2,689	2,777	2,787	3,093	3,162	3,468	3,619
	Workers' Party	Noel Power	3.0	1,485	1,490	1,499	1,501	1,755	1,964
	Independent	Owen Casey	2.6	1,307	1,323	1,329	1,333	1,444
	Fianna Fáil	Valentine Jago	0.9	447	448	507	508
	Irish Republican Socialist	Jim Lane	0.8	398	400	403	403
	Democratic Socialist	Garry O'Sullivan	0.8	369	370	372	372
Electorate: 67,062   Valid: 49,451   Quota: 8,242   Turnout: 73.7%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cork South-Central^[20][45]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse	16.7	8,092
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	16.6	8,062	8,089
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald	15.5	7,500	7,562	7,625	8,093
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr	11.9	5,769	5,862	6,297	6,846	10,297
	Labour	Eileen Desmond	13.4	6,494	6,613	6,907	7,287	8,399
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Coleman	9.7	4,688	4,732	4,764	5,060	5,209
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	8.7	4,210	4,246	4,558	4,780
	Independent	Mary Kelly	3.9	1,929	2,057	2,090
	Fine Gael	Denis Cregan	2.4	1,168	1,192
	Independent	Declan Murphy	1.2	564
Electorate: 64,507   Valid: 48,476   Spoilt: 347 (0.7%)   Quota: 8,080   Turnout: 48,823 (75.7%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cork South-Central^[19][46]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	18.1	9,010
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse	15.7	7,819	7,827	8,533
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald	15.8	7,889	7,898	8,295	8,413
	Labour	Eileen Desmond	13.9	6,961	7,001	7,261	7,273	7,861	8,900
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	10.6	5,274	5,492	5,629	5,638	6,256	6,647	6,946
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr	9.4	4,705	5,055	5,153	5,158	5,958	6,364	6,571
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan	7.7	3,821	3,831	4,439	4,503	4,602
	Fine Gael	Denis Cregan	4.2	2,109	2,155	2,206	2,210
	Fianna Fáil	Chrissie Ahern	3.9	1,988	1,993
	Independent	Sean Twomey	0.7	358	359
Electorate: 64,507   Valid: 49,934   Spoilt: 399 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,323   Turnout: 50,333 (78.0%)

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

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External links

• Oireachtas Constituency Dashboards
• Oireachtas Members Database