1974 Cork North-East by-election
By-election to the 20th Dáil
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Cork North-East in Ireland on Wednesday, 13 November 1974, to fill a vacancy in the 20th Dáil. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Liam Ahern on 13 July 1974.[1]
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13 November 1974
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| Turnout | 40,374 (72.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 23 October 1974.[2]
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Brosnan.[3]
Result
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Brosnan | 49.4 | 19,928 | 20,031 | 21,912 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Broderick | 34.0 | 13,708 | 14,561 | 16,330 | |
| Official Sinn Féin | Joe Sherlock | 13.3 | 5,363 | 5,659 | ||
| Labour | Liam Hurley | 3.1 | 1,243 | |||
| Independent | Angela Cunningham | 0.3 | 132 | |||
| Electorate: 55,388 Valid: 40,374 Quota: 20,188 Turnout: 72.2% | ||||||