1994 Cork South-Central by-election
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A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Cork South-Central constituency in Ireland on 10 November 1994. It followed the resignation of Pat Cox Teachta Dála (TD) in June 1994 on his re-election to the European Parliament.
The election was won by former TD Hugh Coveney of Fine Gael.
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
[edit]| 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% | |||||||||