Cork East (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Cork East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 72,702 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency runs from Mitchelstown and Mallow in the north, through Fermoy, to Cobh, Midleton and Youghal in the south. It encompasses almost all of the Fermoy, Midleton, and Mallow electoral areas of Cork County Council.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Cork East | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Ned O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil | 10,574 | 23.09 | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Ahern | Fianna Fáil | 8,340 | 18.21 | 2 | 2 | |
| Joe Sherlock | Labour Party | 4,792 | 10.47 | 2 | 4 | |
| David Stanton | Fine Gael | 6,269 | 13.69 | 4 | 4 | |
| Paul Bradford | Fine Gael | 7,053 | 15.40 | |||
| John Mulvihill | Labour Party | 4,813 | 10.51 | |||
| June Murphy | Sinn Féin | 2,624 | 5.73 | |||
| Martin O'Keeffe | Green Party | 1,136 | 2.48 | |||
| Patrick Manning | Christian Solidarity | 187 | 0.41 | |||
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
