Cork South (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1948–1961)
Cork South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 , for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.[ 1] It succeeded the constituency of Cork South-East . It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 , when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Cork South-West .[ 2]
Boundaries
The administrative county of Cork except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of Cork Borough , Cork North , Cork East and Cork West .[ 1]
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
1957 general election
1957 general election : Cork South[ 7] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
Labour
Dan Desmond
23.0
6,176
6,527
Fianna Fáil
Seán McCarthy
22.9
6,146
6,855
Fianna Fáil
Sean MacDiarmaid Fawsitt
18.7
5,016
5,982
Fine Gael
Tadhg Manley
17.8
4,769
6,999
Independent
Patrick Dineen
17.6
4,712
Electorate: 36,421 Valid: 26,819 Quota: 6,705 Turnout: 73.6%
1954 general election
1954 general election : Cork South[ 6] [ 8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Labour
Dan Desmond
25.8
7,704
Fine Gael
Tadhg Manley
24.8
7,401
9,930
Fianna Fáil
Seán McCarthy
19.1
5,714
6,295
6,624
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacDiarmaid Fawsitt
16.3
4,872
5,475
5,798
Independent
Patrick Lehane
14.1
4,206
Electorate: 36,935 Valid: 29,897 Quota: 7,475 Turnout: 80.9%
1951 general election
1951 general election : Cork South[ 8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Labour
Dan Desmond
25.5
7,699
Fianna Fáil
Seán Buckley
24.8
7,500
7,611
Independent
Patrick Lehane
17.2
5,215
5,697
7,022
Fianna Fáil
William Kent
13.1
3,964
4,010
Fine Gael
Tadhg Manley
10.2
3,089
5,124
5,416
Fine Gael
John L. O'Sullivan
9.2
2,775
Electorate: 37,398 Valid: 30,242 Quota: 7,561 Turnout: 80.87%
1948 general election
1948 general election : Cork South[ 8]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Labour
Dan Desmond
25.1
7,241
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Lehane
18.2
5,245
5,247
5,395
6,087
6,227
6,858
Fianna Fáil
Seán Buckley
17.3
5,000
5,008
5,028
5,451
8,750
Fine Gael
Eamonn O'Neill
15.6
4,488
4,494
5,326
5,949
5,995
6,147
Fianna Fáil
Jeremiah Browne
12.1
3,502
3,505
3,512
3,638
Clann na Poblachta
Tom Hales
7.9
2,287
2,297
2,339
Fine Gael
Michael O'Driscoll
3.7
1,077
1,078
Electorate: 38,522 Valid: 28,840 Quota: 7,211 Turnout: 74.87%
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