Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)
Cork North-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and first used at the 1981 general election, taking in parts of the former Cork City and Cork Mid constituencies. It is a mixed urban-rural constituency made up of the Cork North Central, Cork North East and Cork North West local electoral areas of Cork City north of the River Lee, and much of the Blarney local electoral area of County Cork.
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Cork North-Central be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Cork East and Cork North-West and the transfer of territory to Cork South-Central and Cork North-West.
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election
2020 general election
2019 by-election
In May 2019, Billy Kelleher was elected to the European Parliament for the South constituency, vacating his seat in the Dáil on 1 July. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019.
2016 general election
2011 general election
2007 general election
2002 general election
1997 general election
1994 by-election
Labour Party TD Gerry O'Sullivan died on 5 August 1994. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 10 November 1994.
1992 general election
1989 general election
1987 general election
November 1982 general election
February 1982 general election
1981 general election
See also
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of Dáil by-elections
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland