Cork South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Cork South West
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1961
TDs = 3
Counties = County Cork
EP= South

Cork South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the first time in 1961 and was first used in the General Election of that year.

The constituency has an electorate of 54,274 and at present is served by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency encompasses the Bandon, Bantry and Skibbereen electoral areas of Cork County Council. It is a largely rural constituency, with many medium-sized towns, and runs from Dursey Island in the west to Ringabella in the east.

Members of Dáil Éireann

2007 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Cork South WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Christy O'Sullivan
votes = 10,333
percentage = 24.4
seat = 1
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Jim O'Keeffe
votes = 7,560
percentage = 18.0
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = P. J. Sheehan
votes = 7,739
percentage = 18.2
seat = 3
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Denis O'Donovan
votes = 7,760
percentage = 18.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Michael McCarthy
votes = 4,095
percentage = 9.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = Quentin Gargan
votes = 2,860
percentage = 6.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Sinn Féin
candidate = Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin
votes = 2,150
percentage = 5.1
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Cork South WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Denis O'Donovan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,695
percentage = 20.41
seat = 1
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Joe Walsh
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,187
percentage = 19.06
seat = 2
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jim O'Keeffe
party = Fine Gael
votes = 6,358
percentage = 16.87
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = P. J. Sheehan
party = Fine Gael
votes = 5,831
percentage = 15.47
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Christy O'Sullivan
party = Independent
votes = 3,609
percentage = 9.57
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael McCarthy
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 3,442
percentage = 9.13
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,308
percentage = 3.47
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Anne O'Leary
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 899
percentage = 2.38
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Theresa Heaney
party = Independent
votes = 748
percentage = 1.98
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Edmund Butler
party = Independent
votes = 621
percentage = 1.65
seat =
count =

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [http://www.election.polarbears.com/online/da2002.htm]

February 1982 full result

ee also

* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of political parties in Ireland
* List of Irish by-elections
* Elections in Ireland