1998 Cork South-Central by-election

1998 Cork South-Central by-election
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Turnout43,007 (49.1%)
 
Nominee Simon Coveney Sinead Behan Toddy O'Sullivan
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
First preferences 16,212 12,658 8,171
Percentage 37.7% 29.4% 19.0%
Final count 23,230 16,379 –
 
Nominee Dan Boyle Henry Cremin Peter Kelly
Party Green Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats
First preferences 3,461 1,158 971
Percentage 8.1% 2.7% 2.3%
Final count – – –
 
Nominee Benny Cooney Brian McEnery Jim Tallon
Party Independent Natural Law Independent
First preferences 197 150 29
Percentage 0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
Final count – – –
TD before election

Hugh Coveney
Fine Gael

Elected TD

Simon Coveney
Fine Gael

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Cork South-Central constituency in Ireland on 23 October 1998. It followed the death of Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) Hugh Coveney on 14 March 1998.

The election was won by Simon Coveney of Fine Gael and son of Hugh Coveney. The other candidates being Sinead Behan for Fianna Fáil, Cork City Councillor and former TD Toddy O'Sullivan for the Labour Party, Cork City Councillor Dan Boyle for the Green Party, Henry Cremin for Sinn Féin, Peter Kelly for the Progressive Democrats, Benny Cooney as an Independent, Brian McEnery for Natural Law and Jim Tallon as an Independent.

Dan Boyle would go on to represent the constituency as a TD in the future.