Cork South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 54,274 and at present is served by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency encompasses the Bandon, Bantry and Skibbereen electoral areas of Cork County Council. It is a largely rural constituency and runs from Castletownbere in the west to Kinsale in the east.

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2002 General Election: Cork South West

Candidate		Party	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Denis O'Donovan	Fianna Fáil	7,695	20.41	1	6
	Joe Walsh	Fianna Fáil	7,187	19.06	2	7
	Jim O'Keeffe	Fine Gael	6,358	16.87	3	7
	P.J. Sheehan	Fine Gael	5,831	15.47
	Christy O'Sullivan	Independent	3,609	9.57
	Michael McCarthy	Labour	3,442	9.13
	Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin	Sinn Féin	1,308	3.47
	Anne O'Leary	Sinn Féin	899	2.38
	Theresa Heaney	Independent	748	1.98
	Edmund Butler	Independent	621	1.65

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