Cork North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Cork North West
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1981
TDs = 3
Counties = County Cork
EP= South

Cork North West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It has an electorate of 53,699 (73000 approx with the boundary change) and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

It is a large rural 3 seat constituency. Due to its size and landscape it is considered one of the most difficult constituencies to canvass in Ireland. The constituency itself encompasses the western part of Ireland's largest county of Cork. It runs from Charleville in the north to Ballingeary and Crookstown, south of Macroom, in the south. The constituency also takes in parts of the Mallow and Fermoy electoral areas.

2007 Election results

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Cork North WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Creed
party = Fine Gael
votes = 10,516
percentage = 22.56%
seat = 1
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = *Michael Moynihan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 10,146
percentage = 21.76%
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Batt O'Keeffe
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,040
percentage = 17.25%
seat = 3
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = *Gerard Murphy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,397
percentage = 15.87%
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = *Donal Moynihan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 6,546
percentage = 14.04%
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Martin Coughlan
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 2,288
percentage = 4.91%
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Caroline Robinson
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,687
percentage = 3.62%
seat =
count =

2002 Election results

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Cork North WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Moynihan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 10,540
percentage = 27.15
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Donal Moynihan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,893
percentage = 22.91
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gerard Murphy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 8,548
percentage = 22.02
seat = 3
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Creed
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,787
percentage = 20.06
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Martin Coughlan
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 2,668
percentage = 6.87
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gerry Duffy
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 383
percentage = 0.99
seat =
count =

1997 Election results

Irish Election box begin
title=1997 General Election: Cork North WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Creed
party = Fine Gael
votes = 8,041
percentage = 23.13
seat = 1
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Moynihan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,299
percentage = 23.87
seat = 2
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Donal Moynihan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,867
percentage = 22.91
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Frank Crowley
party = Fine Gael
votes = 6,253
percentage = 17.99
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Bill Cashin
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 2,574
percentage = 7.4
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Donnie Howard
party = Independent
votes = 1,729
percentage = 4.97
seat =
count =

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

online at [http://www.election.polarbears.com/online/da2002.htm]

Full February 1982 result

ee also

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