Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)

Carlow–Kilkenny 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).

Carlow–Kilkenny
Dáil constituency
Location of Carlow–Kilkenny within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Bagenalstown Carlow Kilkenny Tullow
Current constituency
Created	1948
Seats	5
TDs	Catherine Callaghan (FG)   Peter "Chap" Cleere (FF)   John McGuinness (FF)   Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (FF)   Natasha Newsome Drennan (SF)
Local government areas	County Carlow County Kilkenny
Created from	Carlow–Kildare Kilkenny
EP constituency	South

Carlow–Kilkenny
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1937
Seats	4 (1921–1923) 5 (1923–1937)
Local government areas	County Carlow County Kilkenny
Created from	County Carlow North Kilkenny South Kilkenny
Replaced by	Carlow–Kildare Kilkenny

History and boundaries

The constituency was created in 1921 by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as a 4-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a single-seat constituency for the United Kingdom House of Commons at Westminster, combining the former Westminster constituencies of County Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South which had formed the basis for the First Dáil.^[1] At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil. It was never used as a Westminster constituency; under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".^[2] Therefore, no vote was held in Carlow–Kilkenny at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.

It was recreated as a constituency in Irish legislation by the Electoral Act 1923. Carlow–Kilkenny did not exist between 1937 and 1948, when it was replaced by the constituencies of Carlow–Kildare and Kilkenny. The constituency has continued in existence since 1948.

The 2023 Report of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Carlow–Kilkenny remain as a five-seat constituency, with the transfer of a population of 6,431 to the new constituency of Tipperary North.^[3]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[4]

"The county of Carlow;
and the county of Kilkenny except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituency of Tipperary North."

Changes to the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1921–1923	4	County Carlow and County Kilkenny[1]	Constituency created from County Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South
1923–1937	5	County Carlow and County Kilkenny[5]
1937–1948	—	Constituency disestablished.[6]	Replaced by Carlow–Kildare (4 seats) and Kilkenny (3 seats), with parts of County Carlow in Wexford and Wicklow
1948–1961	5	County Carlow and County Kilkenny[7]
1961–1981	5	County Carlow and County Kilkenny and in County Wexford, the district electoral divisions of: Kilrush, Kiltealy, Moyacomb, Newtownbarry, Rossard, St. Mary's, Tombrack in the former rural district of Enniscorthy; Ballybeg, in the former rural district of Gorey.[8][9][10]
1981–1997	5	County Carlow and County Kilkenny[11][12][13]
1997–2020	5	County Carlow, except the part in the constituency of Wicklow; and County Kilkenny.[14][15][16][17][18]	Transfer to Wicklow of[19] the electoral divisions of Ballitore, Belan, Carrigeen, Castledermot, Graney, Inchaquire, Moone, Narraghmore, in the former Rural District of Athy No. 1; Ballymore Eustace, Carnalway, Gilitown, Kilcullen, Kilashee, Newtown, Usk, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1.
2020–2024	5	County Carlow and County Kilkenny[20]	Transfer of area in County Carlow from Wicklow
2024–	5	County Carlow; and County Kilkenny, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary North[4]	Transfer to Tipperary North of the electoral divisions of Ballybeagh, Freshford, Rathealy, Tullaroan, in the former Rural District of Kilkenny; Balleen, Baunmore, Clomantagh, Galmoy, Glashare, Johnstown, Lisdowney, Tubbridbrittain, Urlingford, in the former Rural District of Urlingford.

TDs

TDs 1921–1937

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Carlow–Kilkenny 1921–1937[21]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   Lab = Labour   NCP = National Centre Party   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   PT-SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[22]		Edward Aylward (SF)		W. T. Cosgrave (SF)		James Lennon (SF)		Gearóid O'Sullivan (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922[23]		Patrick Gaffney (Lab)		W. T. Cosgrave (PT-SF)		Denis Gorey (FP)		Gearóid O'Sullivan (PT-SF)
4th	1923[24]		Edward Doyle (Lab)		W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG)				Michael Shelly (Rep)		Seán Gibbons (CnaG)
	1925 by-election[25]										Thomas Bolger (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[26]						Denis Gorey (CnaG)		Thomas Derrig (FF)		Richard Holohan (FP)
6th	1927 (Sep)[27]						Peter de Loughry (CnaG)
	1927 by-election[28]				Denis Gorey (CnaG)
7th	1932[29]		Francis Humphreys (FF)				Desmond FitzGerald (CnaG)				Seán Gibbons (FF)
8th	1933[30]		James Pattison (Lab)		Richard Holohan (NCP)
9th	1937	Constituency abolished. See Kilkenny and Carlow–Kildare

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

TDs since 1948

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Carlow–Kilkenny 1948–[21]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Lab = Labour   NLP = National Labour Party   PDs = Progressive Democrats   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[31]		James Pattison (NLP)		Thomas Walsh (FF)		Thomas Derrig (FF)		Joseph Hughes (FG)		Patrick Crotty (FG)
14th	1951[32]		Francis Humphreys (FF)
15th	1954[33]		James Pattison (Lab)
	1956 by-election[34]				Martin Medlar (FF)
16th	1957[35]		Francis Humphreys (FF)				Jim Gibbons (FF)
	1960 by-election[36]		Patrick Teehan (FF)
17th	1961[37]		Séamus Pattison[a] (Lab)						Desmond Governey (FG)
18th	1965[38]				Tom Nolan (FF)
19th	1969[39]										Kieran Crotty (FG)
20th	1973[40]
21st	1977[41]								Liam Aylward (FF)
22nd	1981[42]						Desmond Governey (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[43]				Jim Gibbons (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[44]				M. J. Nolan (FF)		Dick Dowling (FG)
25th	1987[45]						Martin Gibbons (PDs)
26th	1989[46]						Phil Hogan (FG)				John Browne (FG)
27th	1992[47]
28th	1997[48]				John McGuinness (FF)
29th	2002[49]										M. J. Nolan (FF)
30th	2007[50]		Mary White (GP)						Bobby Aylward (FF)
31st	2011[51]		Ann Phelan (Lab)						John Paul Phelan (FG)		Pat Deering (FG)
	2015 by-election[52]						Bobby Aylward (FF)
32nd	2016[53]		Kathleen Funchion (SF)
33rd	2020[54]						Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (FF)				Malcolm Noonan (GP)
34th	2024[55]		Natasha Newsome Drennan (SF)						Catherine Callaghan (FG)		Peter "Chap" Cleere (FF)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

1. Pattison served as Ceann Comhairle in the 28th Dáil from 1997 to 2002, and was returned automatically at the 2002 general election.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[55][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness[*]	14.0	9,794	9,797	9,841	9,856	9,887	9,947	10,102	10,612	11,063	11,513	12,049
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Murnane O'Connor[*]	11.6	8,087	8,094	8,116	8,139	8,230	8,283	8,359	8,388	8,533	8,735	8,801	9,290	9,331	9,717	10,311	11,446
	Fianna Fáil	Peter "Chap" Cleere	10.3	7,194	7,203	7,235	7,244	7,250	7,290	7,400	7,512	7,753	7,957	9,172	9,676	9,836	11,540	13,312
	Fine Gael	Catherine Callaghan	9.7	6,788	6,797	6,818	6,826	6,871	6,898	6,995	7,034	7,264	7,405	8,562	9,231	9,303	14,087
	Sinn Féin	Áine Gladney Knox	9.3	6,479	6,493	6,516	6,607	6,848	6,908	6,971	7,091	7,185	7,535	7,593	8,500	8,507	8,594	8,621	8,659
	Sinn Féin	Natasha Newsome Drennan	7.9	5,495	5,501	5,517	5,538	5,693	5,772	5,889	6,149	6,297	6,775	6,924	8,505	8,536	8,702	8,769	8,791
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle	7.1	4,955	4,958	4,970	4,977	4,983	5,012	5,100	5,141	5,329	5,467
	Fine Gael	David Fitzgerald	6.8	4,743	4,748	4,762	4,766	4,771	4,794	4,929	5,038	5,585	5,707	7,607	8,174	8,285
	Social Democrats	Patricia Stephenson	4.8	3,387	3,395	3,421	3,433	4,044	4,101	4,509	4,665	5,802	6,284	6,425
	Green	Malcolm Noonan[*]	4.2	2,919	2,924	2,948	2,954	3,018	3,037	3,396	3,501
	Aontú	Gary O'Neill	3.4	2,378	2,404	2,473	2,646	2,738	3,270	3,357	3,655	3,765
	Labour	Seán Ó hArgáin	2.5	1,725	1,732	1,747	1,755	1,817	1,849
	Independent	Eugene McGuinness	2.3	1,622	1,631	1,730	1,802	1,828	2,177	2,245
	PBP–Solidarity	Adrienne Wallace[a]	2.1	1,465	1,478	1,492	1,528
	Independent	Luke O'Connor[b]	1.8	1,232	1,281	1,335	1,592	1,626
	Irish Freedom	Orla Donohoe	1.1	737	793	818
	Independent	Tom Healy	0.7	501	522
	Liberty Republic	David Egan	0.2	169
	Independent	Noel G. Walsh	0.1	65
	Independent	John O'Leary	0.1	26
Electorate: 120,821   Valid: 69,761   Spoilt: 563   Quota: 11,627   Turnout: 58.2%

1. Wallace is a member of People Before Profit.
2. Affiliated with the National Alliance.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^{[54][57][58][59][60]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion[*]	23.8	17,493
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness[*]	14.3	10,558	11,021	11,298	11,622	12,201	12,612
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Murnane O'Connor	12.7	9,351	9,723	9,895	10,093	10,253	10,333	10,761	12,839
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Aylward[*]	10.3	7,550	7,791	7,920	8,124	8,408	8,642	8,819	9,174	9,632	9,985
	Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan[*]	8.7	6,396	6,498	6,547	6,752	6,975	9,429	9,548	13,172
	Fine Gael	Pat Deering[*]	8.1	5,929	6,037	6,137	6,323	6,420	6,995	7,143
	Green	Malcolm Noonan	6.7	4,942	5,504	5,647	6,207	7,078	7,313	9,408	9,891	10,331	10,543
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Neill	5.0	3,674	3,723	3,776	3,943	4,186
	Independent	Alan Hayes	3.2	2,347	2,951	3,383	3,710
	Labour	Denis Hynes	3.0	2,208	2,610	2,712
	Solidarity–PBP	Adrienne Wallace[a]	2.1	1,558	3,350	3,769	4,059	4,776	4,823
	Renua	Helena Byrne	1.4	992	1,164
	Irish Freedom	Melissa O'Neill	0.6	431	666
	Independent	Angela Ray	0.3	214	331
Electorate: 114,343   Valid: 73,643   Spoilt: 546 (0.7%)   Quota: 12,274   Turnout: 74,189 (64.9%)

1. Wallace was a member of People Before Profit.

Candidate votes by stage

2016 general election

2016 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[53][61][62]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness[*]	15.0	10,528	10,545	10,823	10,886	10,965	11,490	11,903
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Aylward[*]	13.4	9,366	9,375	9,469	9,491	9,549	9,803	9,956	10,030	10,634	11,077	11,335
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion	12.4	8,700	8,838	8,891	9,094	9,856	10,228	10,934	10,970	11,516	11,720
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Murnane O'Connor	12.0	8,373	8,436	8,502	8,540	8,745	8,919	9,023	9,049	9,371	9,459	9,518
	Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan[*]	10.8	7,568	7,577	7,689	7,713	7,768	8,080	8,420	8,450	10,222	14,200
	Fine Gael	Pat Deering[*]	9.4	6,562	6,580	6,606	6,623	6,693	6,829	6,937	6,940	7,675	8,935	11,149
	Fine Gael	David Fitzgerald	7.2	5,017	5,021	5,094	5,106	5,122	5,355	5,686	5,721	6,588
	Labour	Ann Phelan[*]	6.3	4,391	4,396	4,442	4,465	4,548	4,740	5,566	5,596
	Green	Malcolm Noonan	3.7	2,621	2,655	2,717	2,816	3,208	3,660
	Renua	Patrick McKee	3.5	2,483	2,511	2,656	2,752	3,005
	AAA–PBP	Adrienne Wallace	2.3	1,582	1,728	1,769	2,342
	AAA–PBP	Conor MacLiam	1.6	1,120	1,179	1,231
	Independent	Paddy Manning	1.5	1,078	1,142
	Independent	Keith Gilligan	0.7	456
	Independent	Noel G. Walsh	0.2	164
Electorate: 107,023   Valid: 70,009   Spoilt: 505 (0.7%)   Quota: 11,669   Turnout: 70,514 (65.9%)

2015 by-election

2015 by-election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Aylward	27.8	18,572	18,713	18,845	19,223	19,480	19,898	20,950	22,826	26,529
	Fine Gael	David Fitzgerald	20.6	13,744	13,826	13,895	14,174	14,289	15,058	16,612	18,875	21,632
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion	16.2	10,806	11,006	11,501	11,974	13,113	13,879	14,632	16,437
	Renua	Patrick McKee	9.5	6,365	6,530	6,736	7,225	7,678	8,532	9,269
	Labour	Willie Quinn	7.0	4,673	4,803	4,853	4,954	5,252	5,775
	Green	Malcolm Noonan	5.3	3,549	3,651	3,836	4,257	4,528
	Independent	Breda Gardner	4.2	2,792	3,016	3,226
	People Before Profit	Adrienne Wallace	3.6	2,377	2,644	3,256	3,640
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Conor MacLiam	3.3	2,194	2,296
	Independent	Peter O'Loughlin	1.4	930
	Independent	Daithí Holohan	0.6	374
	Independent	Noel Walsh	0.4	243
	Independent	Elizabeth Hourihane	0.3	215
Electorate: 105,449   Valid: 66,834   Spoilt: 2,066 (3.0%)   Quota: 33,418   Turnout: 68,900 (65.3%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[51][63]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan	14.8	10,929	10,939	10,949	10,975	10,993	11,017	11,183	11,416	11,467	11,579	11,711	12,217	12,574
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan[*]	14.3	10,525	10,537	10,540	10,558	10,565	10,587	10,772	10,934	10,968	11,120	11,207	11,770	11,997
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness[*]	12.9	9,531	9,543	9,548	9,583	9,595	9,612	9,767	9,939	9,999	10,108	11,805	12,630
	Labour	Ann Phelan	10.9	8,072	8,085	8,098	8,125	8,153	8,171	8,526	9,062	9,186	11,633	12,066	14,160
	Fine Gael	Pat Deering	10.1	7,470	7,474	7,483	7,491	7,502	7,597	7,654	7,964	8,238	8,908	9,967	10,335	10,486
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Aylward[*]	9.2	6,762	6,772	6,775	6,786	6,796	6,797	6,867	6,928	6,961	7,005	8,068	8,469	8,610
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Murnane O'Connor	6.0	4,428	4,431	4,434	4,435	4,453	4,493	4,533	4,758	5,065	5,636
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion	5.5	4,075	4,089	4,101	4,121	4,144	4,162	4,462	4,573	6,458	6,759	7,091
	Labour	Des Hurley	5.3	3,908	3,910	3,919	3,928	3,952	3,978	4,091	4,298	4,683
	Sinn Féin	John Cassin	4.0	2,958	2,959	2,966	2,970	3,003	3,034	3,216	3,314
	Green	Mary White[*]	2.8	2,072	2,077	2,082	2,098	2,106	2,135	2,278
	Socialist Party	Conor MacLiam[a]	1.5	1,135	1,144	1,157	1,179	1,200	1,217
	Independent	Stephen Kelly	0.8	601	625	646	681	734	820
	Independent	Johnny Couchman	0.5	384	390	410	423	471
	Independent	John O'Hara	0.3	253	270	327	345
	Independent	Raemie Leahy	0.3	256	272	277
	Independent	David Murphy	0.3	195	207
	Independent	Noel Walshe	0.2	119
	Independent	John Dalton	0.1	70
Electorate: 105,449   Valid: 73,743   Spoilt: 821 (1.1%)   Quota: 12,291   Turnout: 74,564 (70.7%)

1. MacLiam was a member of the Socialist Party. He campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.^[64]

2007 general election

2007 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness[*]	17.2	11,635
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Aylward	17.1	11,600
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan[*]	13.4	9,037	9,481	9,693	9,901	10,350	10,457	11,136	12,593
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan[*]	12.7	8,569	8,673	8,725	8,751	9,056	9,543	11,360
	Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan	9.6	6,494	6,548	6,568	6,604	6,841	7,361	8,170	9,499	9,815
	Green	Mary White	8.0	5,386	5,533	5,560	5,573	6,266	6,695	7,405	9,883	10,464
	Fine Gael	Fergal Browne	7.3	4,948	5,084	5,087	5,092	5,190	5,226
	Labour	Jim Townsend	5.0	3,401	3,529	3,534	3,536	3,732	5,285	6,389
	Labour	Michael O'Brien	4.3	2,923	2,939	2,957	2,972	3,304
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion	3.8	2,568	2,597	2,619	2,638
	Progressive Democrats	Walter Lacey	1.6	1,073
Electorate: 102,016   Valid: 67,654   Spoilt: 705 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,276   Turnout: 68,359 (67.0%)

2002 general election

Séamus Pattison was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 28th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

2002 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[49]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	20.5	12,489
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness[*]	15.4	9,343	9,371	9,657	10,085	10,527	10,654	10,878	12,111
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan	14.3	8,711	8,772	8,887	9,140	9,204	9,832	9,895	11,009
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan[*]	12.9	7,841	7,852	8,074	8,239	8,903	12,238
	Fine Gael	Fergal Browne	8.9	5,468	5,530	5,670	5,762	5,894
	Green	Mary White	8.2	4,961	5,003	5,401	6,055	6,696	7,329	7,355
	Labour	Jim Townsend	7.0	4,272	4,330	4,415	4,568	6,625	7,646	7,653	10,615
	Labour	Michael O'Brien	6.1	3,732	3,739	3,946	4,220
	Sinn Féin	Tom Kiernan	3.4	2,078	2,098	2,216
	Independent	Eddie Collins Hughes	2.6	1,614	1,644
	Independent	Billy Nolan	0.6	335
Electorate: 97,071   Valid: 60,844   Spoilt: 844 (1.4%)   Quota: 12,169   Turnout: 61,688 (63.5%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[48][65]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	21.0	11,849
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan[*]	17.1	9,642
	Fine Gael	John Browne[*]	12.1	6,834	6,921	6,974	7,075	7,774	7,930	8,444	9,378
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness	10.6	5,990	7,252	7,322	7,447	7,483	7,496	8,776	9,310
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan[*]	10.6	5,975	6,462	6,568	6,663	7,033	7,036	7,897	8,548
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	9.9	5,578	5,746	5,784	5,860	7,425	7,467	7,782	9,026
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Gibbons Jnr	5.6	3,184	3,468	3,501	3,623	3,738	3,749
	Green	Mary White	5.5	3,116	3,197	3,242	3,501	3,742	3,750	4,253
	Labour	Jim Townsend	5.3	2,995	3,007	3,073	3,102
	National Party	Michael Anthony Quinn	1.5	870	883	900
	Independent	Billy Nolan	0.7	416	462
Electorate: 85,096   Valid: 56,449   Spoilt: 691 (1.2%)   Quota: 9,409   Turnout: 57,140 (67.2%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[47][66]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	24.6	13,713
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	20.3	11,331
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan[*]	12.9	7,195	7,605	7,878	8,339	8,402	8,965
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan[*]	11.8	6,573	7,686	7,804	8,003	9,497
	Fine Gael	John Browne[*]	11.6	6,471	7,273	7,319	7,375	8,003	9,227
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Fennelly	7.3	4,059	4,532	5,781	6,578	6,815	7,637
	Independent	Miriam Hogan	4.7	2,596	3,602	3,676	3,883	4,111
	Fine Gael	Andy Cotterell	4.2	2,358	2,721	2,795	2,823
	Fianna Fáil	Evelyn White	2.6	1,462	1,714	1,917
Electorate: 81,377   Valid: 55,758   Spoilt: 793 (1.4%)   Quota: 9,294   Turnout: 56,551 (69.5%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[46][67]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	18.6	10,161
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	17.6	9,599
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan[*]	14.3	7,798	7,883	8,096	8,307	8,406	8,450	8,543
	Fine Gael	John Browne	12.0	6,526	6,616	6,642	7,225	8,499	9,826
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan	11.8	6,431	6,611	6,666	7,929	10,528
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Millea	10.9	5,950	6,059	6,714	7,082	7,254	7,322	7,513
	Fine Gael	Andy Cotterell	7.0	3,839	3,914	3,980	4,470
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Gibbons[*]	5.6	3,068	3,263	3,320
	Workers' Party	Liam Quigley	2.1	1,159
Electorate: 79,073   Valid: 54,531   Spoilt: 736 (1.3%)   Quota: 9,089   Turnout: 55,267 (69.9%)

1987 general election

1987 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[45][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	18.7	10,773
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan[*]	16.2	9,319	9,529	9,634
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	12.8	7,358	7,423	8,061	8,418	8,962	10,347
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Millea	9.5	5,435	6,155	6,350	6,493	6,592
	Fine Gael	Phil Hogan	9.4	5,376	5,406	5,479	5,593	6,700	7,420
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty[*]	8.9	5,107	5,153	5,244	5,370	7,883	8,303	8,444
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Gibbons	7.8	4,511	4,569	4,766	6,782	7,353	8,113	8,322
	Fine Gael	John Browne	7.6	4,390	4,409	4,445	5,221
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Kearns	6.2	3,552	3,566	3,675
	Workers' Party	Joseph Butler	2.9	1,664	1,694
Electorate: 78,410   Valid: 57,485   Spoilt:     Quota: 9,581   Turnout: 73.3%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[44][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	16.6	9,291	9,297	9,336
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty[*]	15.0	8,377	8,379	8,447	8,528	8,578	8,842	9,288	9,293	11,205
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons[*]	12.6	7,032	7,038	7,101	7,894	7,990	8,353	8,407	8,426	8,542	8,573	8,668
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan	12.5	6,998	7,006	7,178	7,660	7,977	8,134	8,390	8,397	8,818	8,847	8,940
	Fine Gael	Dick Dowling	10.1	5,661	5,664	5,693	5,719	5,754	5,972	6,324	6,324	8,844	10,478
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	10.1	5,642	5,644	5,744	5,836	6,914	7,859	8,098	8,099	8,463	8,568	9,557
	Fine Gael	Joseph Manning	6.2	3,436	3,440	3,519	3,535	3,759	3,797	5,467	5,470
	Fine Gael	Harry Slattery	4.8	2,665	2,665	2,937	2,942	3,026	3,109
	Workers' Party	Seán Walsh	3.9	2,189	2,193	2,298	2,343	2,390
	Labour	Michael Meaney	3.3	1,869	1,870	1,950	1,962
	Fianna Fáil	Mick Lanigan	2.8	1,558	1,566	1,572
	Independent	Eileen Brophy	1.8	1,021	1,039
	Independent	Patrick Jones	0.1	65
Electorate: 74,064   Valid: 55,804   Spoilt:     Quota: 9,301   Turnout: 75.3%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[43][70]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons	16.4	8,910	8,927	9,099
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	16.3	8,844	8,853	8,966	9,478
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty[*]	14.5	7,869	7,878	7,898	7,995	8,026	8,150	8,387	8,747	12,154
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan[*]	12.0	6,529	6,542	6,885	7,048	7,401	7,560	7,840	8,025	8,129	8,158	8,207	8,246
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	10.3	5,565	5,570	5,583	5,665	5,685	6,394	7,071	7,168	7,701	8,145	8,148	9,071
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey[*]	8.6	4,663	4,682	4,730	4,738	4,738	5,115	5,192	6,370	7,375	10,009
	Fine Gael	Dick Dowling	8.3	4,506	4,512	4,521	4,524	4,526	4,588	4,834	5,285
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering	4.1	2,220	2,225	2,251	2,256	2,260	2,333	2,358
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Seán Walsh	3.2	1,753	1,775	1,785	1,821	1,839	1,909
	Labour	Eileen Brophy	2.8	1,544	1,560	1,604	1,611	1,614
	Fianna Fáil	John McGuinness	1.7	907	909	938
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter	1.5	834	841
	Independent	Peter McCormack	0.2	137
Electorate: 72,148   Valid: 54,281   Spoilt: 668 (1.2%)   Quota: 9,047   Turnout: 54,949 (76.2%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[42][71]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward[*]	16.6	9,374	9,569
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty[*]	14.6	8,285	8,324	8,334	8,487	9,267	9,271	9,577
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan[*]	12.7	7,080	7,563	7,659	7,760	7,892	7,935	8,623	8,713	8,762	8,834	8,883
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons	10.9	6,177	6,298	6,318	6,490	6,540	6,626	8,164	8,478	8,581	8,731	8,860
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	10.8	6,095	6,104	6,853	7,547	7,631	7,634	7,895	8,720	9,931
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey[*]	10.1	5,669	5,763	5,935	6,020	7,183	7,184	7,211	10,762
	Fine Gael	Dick Dowling	7.8	4,447	4,465	4,694	4,794	5,102	5,103	5,141
	Fianna Fáil	Mick Lanigan	4.7	2,708	2,755	2,765	2,887	2,901	2,933
	Fine Gael	John Browne	4.3	2,421	2,449	2,535	2,573
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Seán Walsh	3.3	1,881	1,892	1,932
	Labour	Jim Townsend	2.1	1,178	1,189
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter	1.9	1,176
Electorate: 72,148   Valid: 56,435   Spoilt: 798 (1.4%)   Quota: 9,399   Turnout: 57,233 (79.3%)

1977 general election

1977 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[41][72][73]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan[*]	15.1	8,376	8,402	8,410	8,584	8,648	8,661	10,080
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons[*]	14.7	8,143	8,182	8,207	8,219	8,336	8,422	8,795	11,094
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty[*]	12.8	7,119	7,242	7,887	7,920	8,061	9,258
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward	11.4	6,317	6,352	6,384	6,397	6,851	6,878	7,292	8,805	10,478
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	11.3	6,276	6,375	6,480	7,399	7,891	8,088	8,134	8,599	8,759	8,963
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey[*]	10.8	5,990	6,035	6,190	6,378	6,428	6,627	6,898	6,964	6,986	7,033
	Fianna Fáil	Mick Lanigan	7.4	4,126	4,208	4,221	4,232	4,330	4,358	4,520
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter	4.8	2,673	2,695	2,697	2,724	2,772	2,776
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Seán Walsh	3.0	1,666	1,705	1,722	1,749
	Fine Gael	Thomas Coogan	2.7	1,510	1,541	1,748	1,765	1,788
	Labour	John McNally	2.6	1,430	1,444	1,453
	Fine Gael	Peter O'Hanrahan	2.2	1,214	1,225
	Independent	John Bolger	1.1	589
Electorate: 70,136   Valid: 55,429   Quota: 9,239   Turnout: 79.0%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[40][72][74]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty[*]	15.7	7,343	7,349	7,947
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons[*]	15.3	7,128	7,224	7,238	7,265	7,266	7,504	7,564	7,588
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan[*]	15.2	7,098	7,899
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey[*]	14.9	6,953	7,025	7,222	7,650	7,723	9,394
	Fianna Fáil	Bob Aylward	14.2	6,618	6,775	6,822	6,858	6,861	6,946	6,990	7,011
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	11.3	5,300	5,317	5,480	6,416	6,429	6,886	6,894	7,878
	Fine Gael	Thomas Coogan	5.1	2,362	2,364	2,535	2,564	2,634
	Labour	John McManamy	3.2	1,488	1,511	1,528
	Fine Gael	Michael Wall	2.6	1,222	1,222
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Murphy	2.6	1,205
Electorate: 59,415   Valid: 46,717   Quota: 7,787   Turnout: 78.6%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[39][72][75]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan[*]	17.6	8,090
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons[*]	16.9	7,771
	Fianna Fáil	Bob Aylward	13.6	6,273	6,586	6,655	6,710	6,832	6,862
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey[*]	13.3	6,146	6,189	6,347	6,646	7,355	8,040
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	13.1	6,041	6,062	6,169	7,640	7,761
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty	12.7	5,863	5,870	6,765	6,796	8,394
	Fine Gael	James Keeffe	4.9	2,251	2,253	2,654	2,675
	Labour	John McManamy	4.2	1,946	1,968	1,984
	Fine Gael	Thomas Hogan	3.7	1,692	1,695
Electorate: 58,645   Valid: 46,073   Quota: 7,679   Turnout: 78.6%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[38][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan	17.4	7,805
	Labour	Séamus Pattison[*]	14.1	6,299	6,316	6,322	6,376	8,343
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crotty[*]	13.7	6,114	6,118	6,154	8,152
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons[*]	13.1	5,865	5,922	5,939	5,986	6,040	6,062	8,065
	Fianna Fáil	Bob Aylward	11.2	4,996	5,026	5,055	5,109	5,161	5,174	6,166	6,252
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey[*]	10.6	4,741	4,771	4,787	5,255	5,623	6,277	6,402	6,978
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Medlar[*]	7.4	3,305	3,482	3,503	3,550	3,690	3,694
	Labour	John Moriarty	6.2	2,767	2,795	2,801	2,832
	Fine Gael	Matthew Byrne	6.0	2,684	2,687	2,722
	Independent	Charles B. Cummins	0.4	175	175
Electorate: 58,026   Valid: 44,751   Quota: 7,459   Turnout: 77.1%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[37][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crotty[*]	17.2	7,434
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey	12.4	5,343	5,500	5,848	7,263
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Medlar[*]	11.6	5,009	5,013	5,132	5,180	5,305	5,936	6,188	7,807
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan	10.8	4,666	4,667	4,802	4,821	5,019	5,101	5,715	5,980	6,084
	Labour	Séamus Pattison	9.5	4,116	4,132	4,262	4,448	5,475	6,007	6,586	6,951	6,999
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons[*]	9.4	4,046	4,057	4,148	4,200	4,329	4,922	5,014	5,901	6,365
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Teehan[*]	7.1	3,072	3,076	3,093	3,145	3,173	3,349	3,423
	Independent	John Moriarty	5.4	2,350	2,352	2,516	2,549	2,685	2,727
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. McGuinness	4.8	2,056	2,063	2,096	2,119	2,162
	Fine Gael	Francis O'Brien	4.4	1,891	1,922	1,948
	Labour	John Fahey	3.9	1,674	1,679	1,956	1,979
	National Progressive Democrats	Kathleen Brady	3.4	1,484	1,489
Electorate: 57,784   Valid: 43,141   Quota: 7,191   Turnout: 74.7%

1960 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Joseph Hughes, a by-election was held on 23 June 1960. The Elections Act 1960 enabled the election to be held the same day as the 1960 local elections, using the same administrative apparatus.^[76] The Dáil seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick Teehan.

1960 by-election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[36][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Teehan	40.7	15,515	17,555
	Fine Gael	Desmond Governey	39.1	14,892	17,426
	Labour	Séamus Pattison	20.2	7,678
Electorate: 55,848   Valid: 38,085   Quota: 19,043   Turnout: 68.2%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[35][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Medlar[*]	22.1	9,447
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Gibbons	13.5	5,761	6,431	6,467	6,537	6,578	6,732	6,743	8,504
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crotty[*]	13.4	5,742	5,796	5,881	5,937	7,457
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	13.4	5,738	6,466	6,636	6,897	6,915	7,070	7,073	8,435
	Fine Gael	Joseph Hughes[*]	10.3	4,419	4,471	4,616	4,812	5,035	5,208	5,456	5,587	5,701	5,793
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Teehan	7.1	3,042	3,617	3,670	3,693	3,714	3,982	3,985
	Labour	Herbert Devoy	4.7	1,992	2,037	2,141	2,882	2,946	4,271	4,338	4,485	4,662	4,799
	Fine Gael	William Cotterell	4.5	1,929	1,939	1,953	1,960
	Labour	James Pattison[*]	4.4	1,900	1,996	2,187	2,501	2,529
	Labour	John Fahey	4.1	1,739	1,781	1,875
	Clann na Poblachta	John Moriarty	2.4	1,037	1,087
Electorate: 58,216   Valid: 42,746   Quota: 7,125   Turnout: 73.4%

1956 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Walsh, a by-election was held on 14 November 1956. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Martin Medlar.

The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.

1956 by-election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[34][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Medlar	57.8	23,782
	Fine Gael	Thomas Fielding	28.6	11,752	13,137
	Labour	Herbert Devoy	13.7	5,617	7,438
Electorate: 58,216   Valid: 41,151   Quota: 20,576   Turnout: 70.7%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[33][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh[*]	21.6	9,948
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crotty[*]	18.4	8,492
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig[*]	13.4	6,164	7,481	7,522	7,571	7,639	7,717
	Labour	James Pattison	12.0	5,522	5,683	6,371	6,438	7,447	7,644
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys[*]	11.3	5,216	5,838	5,903	5,911	6,506	6,577
	Fine Gael	Joseph Hughes[*]	10.9	5,053	5,134	5,226	5,473	5,974	8,468
	Fine Gael	Thomas Fielding	5.2	2,413	2,445	2,476	2,897	2,948
	Independent	William Nolan	4.9	2,248	2,272	2,448	2,454
	Labour	Daniel Maguire	2.4	1,106	1,123
Electorate: 58,947   Valid: 46,162   Quota: 7,694   Turnout: 78.3%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[32][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh[*]	18.9	8,701
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crotty[*]	17.2	7,901
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig[*]	17.1	7,890
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	12.5	5,758	6,590	6,593	6,707	6,749	7,292	7,485
	Fine Gael	Joseph Hughes[*]	11.1	5,132	5,180	5,262	5,462	7,029	7,882
	Labour	James Pattison[*]	9.9	4,551	4,649	4,666	5,211	5,342	7,104	7,121
	Labour	Thomas Hayden	6.6	3,056	3,069	3,072	3,329	3,440
	Fine Gael	Thomas Fielding	3.7	1,703	1,721	1,828	1,993
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick Gleeson	3.0	1,384	1,396	1,405
Electorate: 60,522   Valid: 46,076   Quota: 7,680   Turnout: 76.1%

1948 general election

The poll was postponed due to the death of outgoing Fine Gael TD Eamonn Coogan during the campaign.

1948 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[31][72]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig[*]	19.3	8,787
	Fine Gael	Joseph Hughes	13.3	6,055	6,085	6,118	6,151	6,178	6,216	6,585	6,631	7,174	8,012
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crotty	11.9	5,438	5,449	5,477	5,555	5,665	5,762	6,840	6,913	7,102	7,884
	National Labour Party	James Pattison[*]	10.3	4,707	4,786	5,060	5,152	5,326	5,432	5,464	5,634	5,882	6,591	6,749
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh	9.8	4,468	4,800	4,804	4,819	4,896	4,932	4,945	6,119	6,227	6,451	6,520
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys[*]	9.4	4,301	4,719	4,770	4,785	4,827	4,837	4,848	5,155	5,614	5,987	6,104
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael J. Barry	6.1	2,797	2,803	2,838	3,090	3,156	4,257	4,299	4,315	5,151
	Labour	Patrick Bergin	5.6	2,537	2,541	2,570	2,577	2,906	2,944	2,956	2,958
	Fine Gael	David Burke	3.4	1,543	1,546	1,549	1,557	1,588	1,622
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Rice	3.3	1,506	1,773	1,782	1,802	1,822	1,838	1,840
	Clann na Poblachta	Charles Sheehan	2.6	1,186	1,189	1,190	1,466	1,555
	Labour	William J. Cleere	2.2	991	998	1,026	1,042
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick Gleeson	1.8	809	824	831
	National Labour Party	Stephen Carroll	1.2	527	530
Electorate: 61,031   Valid: 45,652   Quota: 7,609   Turnout: 74.8%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[30][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig[*]	19.5	10,022
	Labour	James Pattison	13.3	6,833	6,913	6,955	7,027	7,913	11,321
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gibbons[*]	12.0	6,167	7,317	7,368	7,437	12,080
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Desmond FitzGerald[*]	11.9	6,078	6,110	6,224	8,718
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys[*]	10.9	5,614	5,727	5,799	5,853
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Edward Dundon	10.3	5,293	5,366	5,486	6,152	6,238	6,271	6,311
	National Centre Party	Richard Holohan	9.8	5,029	5,043	5,971	7,462	7,538	7,628	7,738
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Denis Gorey[*]	9.4	4,801	4,809	4,907
	National Centre Party	James Murphy	2.8	1,453	1,456
Electorate: 61,464   Valid: 51,290   Quota: 8,549   Turnout: 83.5%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[29][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig[*]	25.2	11,848
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Desmond FitzGerald[*]	18.4	8,672
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gibbons	10.1	4,749	7,904
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	9.8	4,629	5,015	5,021	5,086	5,288	6,179	8,147
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Hughes	9.1	4,272	4,306	4,419	4,512	5,092	5,651	6,050
	Labour	James Pattison	8.7	4,105	4,254	4,291	4,310	4,436	4,931
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Denis Gorey[*]	6.0	2,799	2,847	3,421	3,508	5,150	5,658
	Independent	Edward Doyle[*]	5.4	2,540	2,702	2,728	3,041	3,149
	Independent	Thomas Bolger	1.5	718	736	743
Electorate: 60,576   Valid: 47,020   Quota: 7,837   Turnout: 77.6%

1927 by-election

W. T. Cosgrave was also elected for the Cork Borough constituency and resigned his seat in Carlow–Kilkenny following the election. A by-election was held on 3 November 1927 and the seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Denis Gorey.

1927 by-election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[28][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Denis Gorey	50.3	23,007
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Shelly	49.7	22,734
Electorate: 61,724   Valid: 45,741   Quota: 22,871   Turnout: 74.1%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[27][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave[*]	32.4	13,949
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig[*]	23.0	9,891
	Labour	Edward Doyle[*]	11.5	4,956	5,535	6,052	6,846	7,015	7,097
	Farmers' Party	Richard Holohan[*]	10.7	4,599	5,247	5,328	5,427	6,767	8,005
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Delaney	7.5	3,229	3,710	5,703	5,872	5,958	5,985
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Denis Gorey[*]	5.9	2,541	4,471	4,492	4,582
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Peter de Loughry	5.8	2,516	5,529	5,573	5,824	8,519
	Independent	Joseph Reade	3.1	1,348	1,474	1,537
Electorate: 61,724   Valid: 43,029   Quota: 7,172   Turnout: 69.7%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[26][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave[*]	31.4	13,272
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	12.8	5,407	5,508	5,514	6,314	6,531	8,918
	Labour	Edward Doyle[*]	12.0	5,060	6,052	6,216	6,397	6,789	7,002	7,294
	Farmers' Party	Richard Holohan	8.7	3,695	4,325	4,370	4,396	4,594	4,758	5,076	5,101	7,562
	Farmers' Party	Arthur MacMurrough-Kavanagh	7.8	3,276	3,774	4,040	4,159	4,436	4,513	4,587	4,597
	Labour	Edward Wall	7.3	3,096	3,331	3,387	3,438	4,113	4,570	4,950	5,099	5,446	5,540
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Shelly[*]	7.0	2,961	2,998	3,035	3,452	3,621
	National League	John Magennis	5.0	2,096	2,246	2,258	2,275
	Fianna Fáil	Edward McDonald	3.9	1,653	1,705	1,729
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Denis Gorey[*]	2.3	954	3,877	4,557	4,584	4,699	4,755	4,782	4,783	5,442	5,871
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Nolan	1.8	761	1,376
Electorate: 61,724   Valid: 42,231   Quota: 7,039   Turnout: 68.4%

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Seán Gibbons, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Bolger.

1925 by-election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[25][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas Bolger	58.9	24,142
	Republican	Michael Barry	41.1	16,830
Electorate: 63,112   Valid: 40,972   Quota: 20,487   Turnout: 64.9%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[24][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave[*]	44.1	17,709
	Republican	Michael Shelly	14.0	5,641	5,733	5,922	5,937	5,965	6,017	6,094
	Labour	Edward Doyle	11.9	4,783	6,066	6,302	6,412	6,496	6,919
	Republican	Michael Barry	10.8	4,355	4,457	4,697	4,770	4,866	4,960	5,033
	Farmers' Party	Denis Gorey[*]	9.2	3,702	6,007	6,089	7,693
	Farmers' Party	Edward Broughan	4.6	1,830	2,197	2,225
	Independent	Patrick Gaffney[*]	2.0	803	1,028
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas Bolger	1.8	723	2,712	2,767	2,932	3,283
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán Gibbons	1.5	615	5,267	5,386	5,485	5,846	7,950
Electorate: 62,937   Valid: 40,161   Quota: 6,694   Turnout: 63.8%

1922 general election

1922 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[23][77]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Patrick Gaffney	34.8	10,875
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	W. T. Cosgrave[*]	22.6	7,071
	Farmers' Party	Denis Gorey	19.6	6,122	6,591
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Edward Aylward[*]	10.8	3,365	4,368	5,098	5,154
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Gearóid O'Sullivan[*]	8.6	2,681	5,111	5,711	6,480
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	James Lennon[*]	3.6	1,113	1,840
Electorate: 51,012   Valid: 31,227   Quota: 6,246   Turnout: 61.2%

1921 general election

1921 general election: Carlow–Kilkenny^[22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Edward Aylward	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	W. T. Cosgrave[*]	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	James Lennon[*]	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	Gearóid O'Sullivan	Unopposed	N/A	4

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland