1994 Cork South-Central by-election

1994 Cork South-Central by-election

10 November 1994
Turnout	(53.7%)
Nominee Hugh Coveney John Dennehy Dan Boyle Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green First preferences 13,128 13,316 6,677 Percentage 31.2% 31.6% 15.8% Final count 19,396 17,421 –   Nominee Brendan Ryan Joe O'Flynn Alan Ellard Party Independent Labour Progressive Democrats First preferences 2,618 1,940 1,719 Percentage 6.2% 4.6% 4.1% Final count – – –   Nominee Catherine Kelly Sean McCarthy Brian McEnery Party Christian Solidarity Workers' Party Natural Law First preferences 1,704 813 219 Percentage 4.0% 1.9% 0.5% Final count – – –
TD before election Pat Cox Independent Elected TD Hugh Coveney Fine Gael

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Cork South-Central constituency in Ireland on 10 November 1994. It followed the resignation of Pat Cox Teachta Dála (TD) in June 1994 on his re-election to the European Parliament.

The election was won by former TD Hugh Coveney of Fine Gael.

Among the candidates were Cork City Councillor and former and future TD John Dennehy, Cork City Councillor Dan Boyle, former Senator Brendan Ryan and Cork City Councillor Joe O'Flynn.

On the same day, a by-election took place in Cork North-Central.

Result

1994 Cork South-Central by-election

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%

See also

• List of Dáil by-elections
• Dáil constituencies

References

External links

• https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992B&cons=61
• http://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=42&constitid=22&electype=2