Tipperary South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Tipperary South
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1918, 1948
TDs = 3
Counties = County Tipperary
EP = South

Tipperary South is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1948 general election when the previous Tipperary constituency divided into North and South.

Details

The parliamentary constituency of Tipperary South consists of the southern half of County Tipperary, and a small part of County Waterford and includes Tipperary town, Clonmel, Cashel, Carrick-on-Suir and Cahir. The constituency, which currently has an electorate of 56,092, is represented by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs), elected by Single Transferable Vote.

2007 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Tipperary SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Tom Hayes
votes = 8,200
percentage = 21.1
seat = 1
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Mattie McGrath
votes = 7,608
percentage = 19.6
seat = 2
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Martin Mansergh
votes = 6,110
percentage = 15.8
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Seamus Healy
votes = 5,707
percentage = 14.7
seat =
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party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Siobhán Ambrose
votes = 4,286
percentage = 11.1
seat =
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party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Phil Prendergast
votes = 3,400
percentage = 8.8
seat =
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party = Sinn Féin
candidate = Liam Browne
votes = 1,198
percentage = 3.1
seat =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Wood
votes = 1,141
percentage = 2.9
seat =
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party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = Bernard Lennon
votes = 591
percentage = 1.5
seat =
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party = Progressive Democrats
candidate = Richie Molloy
votes = 364
percentage = 0.9
seat =
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party = Progressive Democrats
candidate = Peadar O'Donnell
votes = 177
percentage = 0.5
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2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Tipperary SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Tom Hayes
party = Fine Gael
votes = 8,997
percentage = 24.54
seat = 1
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Noel Davern
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,888
percentage = 24.24
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Séamus Healy
party = Independent
votes = 7,350
percentage = 20.05
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Martin Mansergh
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,233
percentage = 14.27
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Denis Landy
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 3,353
percentage = 9.14
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Tom Wood
party = Independent
votes = 1,515
percentage = 4.13
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Muiris Ó Suilleabháin
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,210
percentage = 3.30
seat =
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candidate = Michael Larkin
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 120
percentage = 0.33
seat =
count =

Former TDs

* Seán Treacy

ee also

* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of political parties in Ireland
* List of Irish by-elections
* Elections in Ireland