1994 Cork South-Central by-election
By-election to the 27th Dáil
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Cork South-Central in Ireland on Thursday, 10 November 1994, to fill a vacancy in the 27th Dáil. It followed the resignation of independent Teachta Dála (TD) Pat Cox in June 1994 on his re-election to the European Parliament.[1]
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10 November 1994
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| Turnout | 42,134 (53.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.png) Cork South-Central shown within Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 18 October 1994.[2]
The by-election was won by former TD Hugh Coveney of Fine Gael.[3]
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 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% | |||||||||