Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)

Cork South-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).

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 encompassing the south of Cork City, county towns and a rural hinterland. It encompasses the electoral areas of Cork City south of the river Lee, together with most of the Carrigaline electoral area of County Cork, including the Ringaskiddy and Passage West areas.

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Cork South-Central be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Cork North-Central.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:

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.

^ *: Outgoing TD

Fine Gael TD Hugh Coveney died on 14 March 1998. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 23 October 1998. It was won by the Fine Gael candidate Simon Coveney, son of the deceased TD.

Progressive Democrats TD Pat Cox resigned as a TD on 19 July 1994 following his re-election to the European Parliament. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 10 November 1994.

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