Cork North-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and first used at the 1981 general election, taking in parts of the former Cork City and Cork Mid constituencies. It is a mixed urban-rural constituency made up of the Cork North Central, Cork North East and Cork North West local electoral areas of Cork City north of the River Lee, and much of the Blarney local electoral area of County Cork. The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Cork North-Central be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Cork East and Cork North-West and the transfer of territory to Cork South-Central and Cork North-West. For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:

TDs

Elections

2024 general election

2020 general election

2019 by-election

In May 2019, Billy Kelleher was elected to the European Parliament for the South constituency, vacating his seat in the Dáil on 1 July. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019.

2016 general election

2011 general election

2007 general election

2002 general election

1997 general election

1994 by-election

Labour Party TD Gerry O'Sullivan died on 5 August 1994. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 10 November 1994.

1992 general election

1989 general election

1987 general election

November 1982 general election

February 1982 general election

1981 general election