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 five 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
Location of Cork South-Central within Ireland
Major settlements	Bishopstown Carrigaline Cork City (City centre and southside) Douglas Passage West
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–2016) 4 (2016–2024) 5 (2024–)
TDs	Jerry Buttimer (FG)   Micheál Martin (FF)   Séamus McGrath (FF)   Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF)   Pádraig Rice (SD)
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][3]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[4]

"The city of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork North-Central and Cork North-West;

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[5][6] 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[7][8] 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.[9][10]
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[11] 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.[12]
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[13][14] 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.[15][16]
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[17][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.[18]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-Central 1981–[19]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Lab = Labour   PDs = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin   SD = Social Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[20]		Eileen Desmond (Lab)		Gene Fitzgerald (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)		Hugh Coveney (FG)		Peter Barry (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[21]								Jim Corr (FG)
24th	1982 (Nov)[22]								Hugh Coveney (FG)
25th	1987[23]		Toddy O'Sullivan (Lab)		John Dennehy (FF)		Batt O'Keeffe (FF)		Pearse Wyse (PDs)
26th	1989[24]						Micheál Martin (FF)
27th	1992[25]				Batt O'Keeffe (FF)				Pat Cox (PDs)
	1994 by-election[26]								Hugh Coveney (FG)
28th	1997[27]		John Dennehy (FF)								Deirdre Clune (FG)
	1998 by-election[28]								Simon Coveney (FG)
29th	2002[29]										Dan Boyle (GP)
30th	2007[30]		Ciarán Lynch (Lab)		Michael McGrath (FF)						Deirdre Clune (FG)
31st	2011[31]										Jerry Buttimer (FG)
32nd	2016[32]		Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF)							4 seats 2016–2024
33rd	2020[33]
34th	2024[34]				Séamus McGrath (FF)				Jerry Buttimer (FG)		Pádraig Rice (SD)

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Cork South-Central^[34][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin[*]	23.2	14,526
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus McGrath	12.4	7,794	9,940	9,950	9,957	9,972	9,982	10,016	10,051	10,064	10,758
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire[*]	11.1	6,947	7,041	7,055	7,068	7,092	7,116	7,179	7,245	7,383	7,405	7,418	7,468	7,580	7,853	10,152	10,647
	Social Democrats	Pádraig Rice	8.6	5,368	5,447	5,455	5,481	5,512	5,630	5,665	5,680	6,194	6,220	6,238	6,324	7,103	7,279	7,527	9,418	9,533	10,242
	Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer	7.0	4,407	4,834	4,840	4,846	4,854	4,878	4,909	4,918	4,927	5,082	5,181	5,955	6,286	6,459	6,532	7,223	7,250	10,917
	Fine Gael	Shane O'Callaghan	5.8	3,664	3,959	3,960	3,962	3,976	3,980	3,989	4,009	4,014	4,082	4,133	5,004	5,232	5,479	5,512	5,943	5,958
	Independent	Mick Finn	5.7	3,582	3,706	3,734	3,770	3,816	3,843	4,083	4,323	4,369	4,408	4,433	4,486	4,585	5,488	5,640	6,138	6,177	6,651
	Labour	Laura Harmon	4.8	3,005	3,111	3,114	3,128	3,147	3,200	3,237	3,243	3,315	3,378	3,404	3,555	4,262	4,405	4,643
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Cowhey Shahid	4.3	2,714	2,731	2,745	2,753	2,774	2,816	2,838	2,860	2,960	2,968	2,969	2,993	3,060	3,214
	Aontú	Anna Daly	3.6	2,273	2,297	2,303	2,313	2,379	2,393	2,434	2,784	2,815	2,835	2,846	2,892	2,951
	Green	Monica Oikeh	3.4	2,156	2,233	2,240	2,260	2,265	2,294	2,307	2,314	2,381	2,418	2,447	2,596
	Fine Gael	Úna McCarthy	3.3	2,078	2,213	2,215	2,217	2,221	2,227	2,233	2,247	2,251	2,313	2,347
	PBP–Solidarity	Shane Laird[a]	1.4	876	882	894	914	926	1,002	1,018	1,052
	National Party	Ted Neville	1.4	858	864	894	904	959	962	978
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Kenneally	1.2	726	1,214	1,215	1,218	1,221	1,225	1,232	1,239	1,241
	Independent	Paudie Dineen	0.9	543	569	580	598	619	633
	Rabharta	Lorna Bogue	0.7	425	433	436	451	460
	Independent Ireland	Veronica Houlihan	0.5	348	353	381	392
	Independent	Graham de Barra	0.3	217	223	230
	Independent Ireland	Valerie Ward	0.2	104	105
	Independent	John O'Leary	0.1	58	61
	Independent	Tony Field	0.1	35	37
Electorate: 105,076   Valid: 62,704   Spoilt: 423   Quota: 10,451   Turnout: 60.1%

1. Laird is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Cork South-Central^[33][36][37]

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
	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
	Solidarity–PBP	Bobby Murray Walsh[a]	1.3	764	1,360	1,466	1,651	1,977	2,120	2,377
	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. Murray Walsh was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cork South-Central^[38][39][32]

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
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch[*]	4.3	2,417	2,462	2,478	2,481	2,504	2,513	2,574	2,611	2,685
	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
	AAA–PBP	Fiona Ryan	1.7	937	954	960	976	1,037	1,492	1,592	1,882
	Renua	Ciarán Kenneally	1.6	887	931	944	951	990	1,014
	Independent	Diarmuid Ó Cadhla	1.6	869	885	891	941	1,047	1,107	1,188
	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^[31]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin[*]	16.7	10,715
	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
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch[*]	13.2	8,481	8,484	8,516	8,543	8,593	8,810	9,218	9,921	12,565
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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[a]	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%)

1. New Vision was an electoral alliance of independent non-party candidates and did not appear on the ballot.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork South-Central^[30]

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	Simon Coveney[*]	9.9	5,863	5,960	6,058	6,451	8,042	9,363
	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	Jerry Buttimer	8.8	5,180	5,242	5,337	5,760
	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
	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^[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Martin[*]	26.7	14,742
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe[*]	11.9	6,556	8,224	8,279	8,393	8,694	8,897	9,112	9,331
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune[*]	10.0	5,535	5,848	5,886	5,982	6,075	6,593
	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
	Fine Gael	Simon Coveney[*]	9.4	5,183	5,757	5,793	5,906	6,038	6,634	11,573
	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
	Green	Dan Boyle	9.0	4,952	5,394	5,506	5,766	6,334	7,761	8,304	9,317
	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

Fine Gael TD Hugh Coveney died on 14 March 1998. A by-election to fill the vacancy 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^[28]

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^[27][40]

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
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan[*]	8.9	4,908	4,933	4,979	5,090	5,229	5,410	5,512	6,054	7,636
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune	8.4	4,602	4,622	4,781	4,860	5,009	5,196	5,476	7,274	8,469
	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

Progressive Democrats TD Pat Cox resigned as a TD on 19 July 1994 following his re-election to the European Parliament.^[41] A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 10 November 1994.

1994 by-election: Cork South-Central^[26]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	31.6	13,316	13,423	13,832	14,040	14,683	17,421
	Fine Gael	Hugh Coveney	31.2	13,128	13,224	13,539	14,337	14,810	19,396
	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^[25][42]

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
	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
	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
	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^[24][43][44]

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^[23][45][46]

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^[22][47][48]

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^[21][49]

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
	Labour	Eileen Desmond[*]	13.4	6,494	6,613	6,907	7,287	8,399
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr	11.9	5,769	5,862	6,297	6,846	10,297
	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^[20][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry[*]	18.1	9,010
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald[*]	15.8	7,889	7,898	8,295	8,413
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse[*]	15.7	7,819	7,827	8,533
	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