1998 Cork South-Central by-election

Dáil Éireann by-election, Ireland

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23 October 1998

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Turnout

43,007 (49.1%)


Nominee	Simon Coveney	Sinead Behan	Toddy O'Sullivan
Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour
First preferences	16,212	12,658	8,171
Percentage	37.7	29.4	19.0
Final count	23,230	16,379	–


Nominee	Dan Boyle	Henry Cremin	Peter Kelly
Party	Green	Sinn Féin	Progressive Democrats
First preferences	3,461	1,158	971
Percentage	8.1	2.7	2.3
Final count	–	–	–


Nominee	Benny Cooney	Brian McEnery	Jim Tallon
Party	Independent	Natural Law	Independent
First preferences	197	150	29
Percentage	0.5	0.4	0.1
Final count	–	–	–

TD before election

Hugh Coveney
Fine Gael

Elected TD

Simon Coveney
Fine Gael

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Cork South-Central constituency in Ireland on 23 October 1998. It followed the death of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Hugh Coveney on 14 March 1998.

The election was won by Simon Coveney of Fine Gael and son of Hugh Coveney. The other candidates being Sinead Behan for Fianna Fáil, Cork City Councillor and former TD Toddy O'Sullivan for the Labour Party, Cork City Councillor Dan Boyle for the Green Party, Henry Cremin for Sinn Féin, Peter Kelly for the Progressive Democrats, Benny Cooney as an Independent, Brian McEnery for Natural Law and Jim Tallon as an Independent.

Dan Boyle would go on to represent the constituency as a TD in the future.

Result

1998 Cork South-Central by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

References

^ https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2002/2002-07-21_dail-general-election-may-2002-results-and-transfer-of-votes_en.pdf