Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)

Cavan–Monaghan 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).

Cavan–Monaghan
Dáil constituency
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Carrickmacross Cavan Clones Monaghan
Current constituency
Created	1977
Seats	5 (1977–2016) 4 (2016–2020) 5 (2020–)
TDs	Cathy Bennett (SF)   Matt Carthy (SF)   David Maxwell (FG)   Brendan Smith (FF)   Niamh Smyth (FF)
Local government areas	County Cavan County Monaghan
Created from	Cavan Monaghan
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

History and boundaries

It was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 from the former constituencies of Cavan and Monaghan and was first used at the 1977 general election.^[1]

The constituency includes the entire area of both County Cavan and County Monaghan, taking in Cavan town, Monaghan town, Clones, Cootehill, Belturbet, Bailieborough, Castleblayney and Carrickmacross.

At the 2016 general election, 36 electoral divisions in the west of County Cavan were transferred to the Sligo–Leitrim constituency and Cavan–Monaghan became a 4-seat constituency.^[2] This was reversed by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, which took effect at the 2020 general election.

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Cavan–Monaghan remain as a five-seat constituency, consisting of the whole of the counties of Cavan and Monaghan, with the area in the north of County Meath transferred to Meath East.^[3]

For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[4]

"The county of Cavan and the county of Monaghan."

Changes to the Cavan–Monaghan constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries
1977–1981	5	County Cavan and; County Monaghan, except the part thereof which is in the constituency of Louth[1]
1981–2016	5	County Cavan and County Monaghan.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
2016–2020	4	County Monaghan and; County Cavan, except the part thereof which is in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim.[12]
2020–2024	5	County Cavan and County Monaghan; and, in County Meath, the electoral divisions of: Drumcondra, in the former rural district of Ardee No. 2; Ardagh, Carrickleck, Kilmainham, Moybolgue, Posseckstown and Trohanny in the former rural district of Kells.[13]
2024–	5	County Cavan and County Monaghan[4]

Constituency profile

Cavan–Monaghan is predominantly rural with 75% of the population living outside the main towns. Manufacturing, construction and agriculture are the largest sectors of the local economy.^[14]

It is a border constituency and has historically been strongly Republican; hunger striker Kieran Doherty won a seat in the 1981 general election as an Anti H-Block candidate. In 1997, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, became the first TD elected for Sinn Féin in any constituency since 1957. In recent elections, the constituency has seen mainly a three-way fight between Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cavan–Monaghan 1977–[15]
Key to parties   AHB = Anti H-Block   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977[16]		Jimmy Leonard (FF)		John Wilson (FF)		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[a] (FG)		Rory O'Hanlon[b] (FF)		John Conlan (FG)
22nd	1981[17]		Kieran Doherty (AHB)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[18]		Jimmy Leonard (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[19]
25th	1987[20]										Andrew Boylan (FG)
26th	1989[21]						Bill Cotter (FG)
27th	1992[22]				Brendan Smith (FF)		Seymour Crawford (FG)
28th	1997[23]		Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (SF)
29th	2002[24]										Paudge Connolly (Ind)
30th	2007[25]										Margaret Conlon (FF)
31st	2011[26]						Heather Humphreys (FG)		Joe O'Reilly (FG)		Seán Conlan (FG)
32nd	2016[27]								Niamh Smyth (FF)	4 seats 2016–2020
33rd	2020[28][29]		Matt Carthy (SF)								Pauline Tully (SF)
34th	2024[30]						David Maxwell (FG)				Cathy Bennett (SF)

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. Fitzpatrick served as Ceann Comhairle in the 24th Dáil from 1982 to 1987 and was returned automatically at the 1987 general election.
2. O'Hanlon served as Ceann Comhairle in the 29th Dáil from 2002 to 2007 and was returned automatically at the 2007 general election.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[30][31][32]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Sinn Féin	Matt Carthy[*]	13.5	9,363	9,385	9,446	9,487	9,551	9,857	10,094	10,257	10,337	10,898	10,981	15,121
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Bennett	10.0	6,904	6,933	6,950	6,987	7,013	7,273	7,373	7,490	7,542	8,110	8,220	10,102	13,383
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	9.6	6,653	6,655	6,660	6,730	6,760	6,841	7,154	7,512	8,523	9,807	10,062	10,522	10,616	10,886
	Sinn Féin	Pauline Tully[*]	9.3	6,455	6,465	6,471	6,504	6,643	6,958	7,384	7,520	7,817	7,862	7,868
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher	9.1	6,273	6,286	6,319	6,398	6,408	6,472	6,526	6,767	6,857
	Fine Gael	David Maxwell	8.9	6,199	6,215	6,246	6,333	6,368	6,452	6,525	7,695	10,565	12,353
	Fianna Fáil	Niamh Smyth[*]	8.4	5,789	5,803	5,827	5,905	5,961	6,056	6,472	6,996	8,080	10,039	10,313	10,783	10,856	11,058
	Aontú	Sarah O'Reilly	7.4	5,148	5,204	5,307	5,342	5,478	6,153	7,122	7,487	8,068	8,407	8,490	8,998	9,129	10,067
	Fine Gael	T.P. O'Reilly	6.3	4,328	4,333	4,341	4,399	4,493	4,540	5,118	6,425
	Fine Gael	Carmel Brady	6.1	4,259	4,266	4,272	4,324	4,353	4,415	4,519
	Independent Ireland	Shane P. O'Reilly	4.4	3,078	3,106	3,143	3,161	3,294	3,717
	Irish Freedom Party	Val Martin	1.8	1,258	1,311	1,448	1,449	1,591
	PBP–Solidarity	Emma Hendrick[a]	1.4	967	979	998	1,158	1,194
	Independent	Lester Gordon	1.3	921	998	1,036	1,046
	Green	Eddie O'Gara	1.1	739	746	750
	Liberty Republic	Shane Mulligan	0.7	507	544
	National Party	Mark Moore	0.3	177
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.2	122
	Independent	Feargal Deery	0.1	79
	Independent	Jimmy Mee	0.1	27
Electorate: 109,152   Valid: 69,246   Spoilt: 658   Quota: 11,542   Turnout: 64.0%

1. Hendrick is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^{[28][33][34][35]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Matt Carthy	22.6	16,310
	Fine Gael	Heather Humphreys[*]	17.7	12,808
	Sinn Féin	Pauline Tully	14.1	10,166	13,457
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	10.2	7,354	7,434	7,476	7,482	7,519	7,622	7,667	7,840	8,112	8,946	11,004
	Fianna Fáil	Niamh Smyth[*]	8.0	5,745	5,889	5,985	5,996	6,053	6,152	6,225	6,322	6,806	8,176	10,951
	Fine Gael	T.P. O'Reilly	7.1	5,124	5,154	5,175	5,179	5,390	5,469	5,499	6,592	7,197	8,050	8,646
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher	7.0	5,062	5,306	5,467	5,476	5,603	5,650	5,692	5,740	6,253	6,882
	Aontú	Sarah O'Reilly	5.3	3,840	3,963	4,204	4,285	4,314	4,416	4,733	4,821	5,745
	Green	Tate Donnelly	3.5	2,501	2,710	3,025	3,061	3,104	3,453	4,075	4,187
	Fine Gael	Sandra McIntyre	1.8	1,301	1,333	1,357	1,365	1,621	1,698	1,719
	Solidarity–PBP	Emmett Smith[a]	1.2	830	910	1,261	1,279	1,284	1,458
	Labour	Liam van der Spek	1.4	983	1,017	1,128	1,137	1,149
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.2	159	171	235
Electorate: 110,190   Valid: 72,183   Spoilt: 695   Quota: 12,031   Turnout: 72,878 (66.14%)

1. Smith was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[36][37][27]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Heather Humphreys[*]	20.8	12,391
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin[*]	16.9	10,060	10,104	10,119	10,265	10,415	10,651	11,047	11,867	17,182
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	14.7	8,775	8,802	8,807	8,850	8,952	9,046	9,142	10,926	11,357	12,120
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly[*]	11.0	6,566	6,846	6,848	6,887	6,977	7,255	7,715	8,063	8,321	8,790
	Fianna Fáil	Niamh Smyth	10.5	6,268	6,296	6,297	6,342	6,455	6,584	6,742	8,216	8,762	9,644
	Sinn Féin	Kathryn Reilly	10.2	6,066	6,073	6,078	6,268	6,419	6,599	6,737	6,993
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Durkan	4.9	2,909	2,927	2,931	2,941	2,977	3,062	3,246
	Independent	Mary Smyth	2.6	1,589	1,600	1,609	1,709	1,911	2,062	2,340
	Independent	Seán Conlan[*]	2.8	1,665	1,686	1,688	1,754	1,853	1,980
	Green	Mícheál Callaghan	2.1	1,251	1,262	1,269	1,410	1,523
	Independent	John Wilson	1.7	1,023	1,029	1,036	1,171
	Direct Democracy	Mick McDermott	0.8	475	476	479
	Direct Democracy	Aoife O'Connell	0.5	279	282	292
	Independent	Emmett Smith	0.4	245	246	258
	Independent	Jimmy Mee	0.1	88	90
Electorate: 90,618   Valid: 59,650   Spoilt: 598 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,931   Turnout: 60,248 (66.5%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[26]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin[*]	16.7	11,913
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	13.6	9,702	9,734	9,817	10,092	10,249	10,770	11,237	14,667
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly	11.7	8,333	8,361	8,412	8,599	8,679	10,492	11,201	11,305	11,434
	Fine Gael	Heather Humphreys	11.4	8,144	8,201	8,374	8,521	8,886	9,565	10,177	10,525	10,861
	Fine Gael	Seán Conlan	11.0	7,864	7,924	8,225	8,319	8,728	9,162	9,895	10,623	11,178
	Sinn Féin	Kathryn Reilly	9.2	6,539	6,624	6,858	7,289	7,886	8,324	9,627	9,884	10,340
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Conlon[*]	6.5	4,658	4,703	4,817	4,879	5,052	5,070	5,279
	Labour	Liam Hogan	5.6	4,011	4,144	4,273	4,527	4,793	4,998
	Fine Gael	Peter McVitty	5.4	3,858	3,881	3,912	4,207	4,246
	Independent	Seamus Treanor	2.8	1,974	2,007	2,379	2,658
	Independent	Caroline Forde	2.7	1,912	1,993	2,167
	New Vision	John McGuirk	2.4	1,708	1,760
	Green	Darcy Lonergan	0.7	530
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.2	129
Electorate: 99,178   Valid: 71,275   Spoilt: 867 (1.2%)   Quota: 11,880   Turnout: 72,142 (72.7%)

2007 general election

Rory O'Hanlon was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 29th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

2007 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[25]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	23.6	15,548
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin[*]	20.0	13,162
	Fine Gael	Seymour Crawford[*]	16.7	10,978	11,057	11,199	13,758
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly	14.5	9,550	9,895	10,214	11,238
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Conlon	14.1	9,303	11,062	11,145	13,203
	Independent	Paudge Connolly[*]	6.0	3,955	4,034	4,157
	Green	Vincent P. Martin	3.6	2,382	2,445	2,687
	Labour	Des Cullen	1.2	796	849
	Independent	T. J. Fay	0.2	113	125
Electorate: 92,248   Valid: 65,787   Spoilt: 760 (1.2%)   Quota: 13,158   Turnout: 66,547 (72.2%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[24]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin[*]	17.5	10,832
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	17.3	10,679
	Independent	Paudge Connolly	12.5	7,722	7,867	7,871	7,946	8,375	8,614	8,973	9,678	10,870
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	11.6	7,204	7,295	7,479	7,541	7,648	7,807	7,943	8,662	11,032
	Fine Gael	Seymour Crawford[*]	9.9	6,113	6,136	6,139	6,178	6,286	6,397	6,509	6,803	7,078	7,392	7,702	9,165
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan[*]	7.8	4,819	4,855	4,889	5,061	5,084	5,211	5,374	5,516	5,633	5,844	5,905	9,044
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Reilly	7.5	4,639	4,667	4,698	4,817	4,836	4,955	5,108	5,320	5,429	5,628	5,710
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher	6.0	3,731	3,789	3,874	3,921	4,004	4,197	4,319	4,535
	Independent	Vincent P. Martin	3.1	1,943	1,992	1,997	2,087	2,265	2,371	2,646
	Progressive Democrats	Gerry McCaughey	1.8	1,131	1,144	1,154	1,219	1,261
	Green	Marcus McCabe	1.8	1,100	1,138	1,143	1,301	1,385	1,513
	Independent	Joe Brennan	1.7	1,026	1,046	1,047	1,114
	Labour	Francie Fitzsimons	0.9	550	566	572
	Christian Solidarity	Tony Smith	0.6	358	365	368
Electorate: 87,595   Valid: 61,847   Spoilt: 863 (1.4%)   Quota: 10,308   Turnout: 62,710 (71.6%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[23][38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	19.4	11,531
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith[*]	15.1	8,998	9,194	9,196	9,551	9,733	10,434
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	12.3	7,325	7,692	7,700	8,020	8,394	8,615	9,551
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Leonard	11.0	6,564	6,881	6,898	7,259	7,638	7,786	8,181
	Fine Gael	Seymour Crawford[*]	11.0	6,552	6,651	6,660	6,796	7,173	7,800	10,288
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan[*]	8.2	4,894	4,956	4,963	5,140	5,506	8,198	9,706
	Fine Gael	Bill Cotter	7.8	4,665	4,774	4,779	4,920	5,396	5,857
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Reilly	7.6	4,532	4,589	4,593	4,799	5,130
	Labour	Ann Gallagher	4.0	2,359	2,535	2,557	2,735
	Christian Solidarity	Gene Flood	1.7	1,024	1,151	1,181
	Christian Solidarity	Larry McGinn	1.7	1,001	1,062	1,080
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.2	99	134
Electorate: 83,005   Valid: 59,544   Spoilt: 601 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,925   Turnout: 60,145 (72.5%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[22][39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	13.0	7,125	7,129	7,187	7,278	8,086	8,715	9,045	9,767
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith	12.9	7,063	7,069	7,177	7,335	9,162
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard[*]	11.9	6,555	6,561	6,596	6,645	7,056	7,838	7,981	8,344
	Fine Gael	Bill Cotter[*]	9.7	5,291	5,301	5,321	5,364	5,377	5,622	5,931
	Fine Gael	Seymour Crawford	9.5	5,192	5,194	5,208	5,502	5,553	5,747	6,224	8,653
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan[*]	8.7	4,763	4,767	4,826	5,105	5,263	5,347	7,768	9,285
	Labour	Ann Gallagher	8.3	4,543	4,595	4,640	4,996	5,105	5,978	6,593	7,234
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	7.7	4,197	4,215	4,244	4,312	4,345
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly	7.2	3,942	3,970	4,001	4,304	4,593	4,692
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	6.5	3,551	3,553	3,665	3,808
	Independent	Winston Turner	3.3	1,825	1,837	1,945
	Independent	Mary Smith	1.3	686	690
	Workers' Party	Jim Finnegan	0.3	157
Electorate: 79,011   Valid: 54,890   Spoilt: 993 (1.8%)   Quota: 9,149   Turnout: 55,883 (70.7%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[21][40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson[*]	18.3	9,708
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	16.3	8,663	9,103
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard[*]	16.0	8,500	8,727	8,954
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan[*]	13.5	7,180	7,232	7,232	7,257	7,415	7,600	7,971
	Fine Gael	Bill Cotter	12.7	6,765	6,770	6,773	6,798	6,848	7,081	7,665
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly	10.5	5,660	5,610	5,615	5,623	5,774	6,008	6,516
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	9.1	4,849	4,867	4,872	4,885	4,959	5,163
	Independent	Margaret Kiernan	2.0	1,069	1,073	1,075	1,113	1,250
	Independent	Damien Matthews	1.3	705	717	721	745
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.3	155	156	156
Electorate: 75,712   Valid: 53,154   Spoilt: 1,041 (1.9%)   Quota: 8,852   Turnout: 54,195 (71.6%)

1987 general election

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 24th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a four-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

1987 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[20][41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	19.5	11,265	11,306	11,394	11,657
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson[*]	19.3	11,163	11,178	11,250	11,599
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan	17.5	10,132	10,175	10,253	10,646	10,929
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard[*]	16.1	9,319	9,444	9,498	9,790	11,985
	Fine Gael	John Conlan[*]	15.2	8,795	8,875	8,933	9,183	9,568
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	7.3	4,219	4,267	4,352	4,673
	Independent	Patrick McKiernan	3.2	1,868	1,922	2,051
	Workers' Party	Oliver Rogers	1.0	577	603
	Independent	Pádraig Duffy	0.8	474
Electorate: 75,742   Valid: 57,812   Quota: 11,563   Turnout: 76.3%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[19][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson[*]	18.8	10,779
	Fine Gael	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	16.0	9,185	9,264	9,270	9,927
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard[*]	15.0	8,611	8,697	8,712	8,980	10,201
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	14.6	8,372	8,615	8,642	8,736	11,605
	Fine Gael	John Conlan[*]	13.2	7,560	7,563	7,573	9,916
	Fine Gael	Aileen Cahill	8.9	5,106	5,140	5,160	5,586	5,795
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney	6.7	3,852	3,858	3,865
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	6.4	3,639	4,422	4,459	4,491
	Independent	Seán Ó Neill MacGabhann	0.3	143	146
Electorate: 74,446   Valid: 57,247   Quota: 9,542   Turnout: 76.9%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[18][43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson[*]	16.8	9,776
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard	14.8	8,585	8,614	8,427	8,857	9,890
	Fine Gael	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	14.3	8,317	8,386	8,427	8,956	9,236	9,753
	Fine Gael	John Conlan[*]	12.9	7,486	7,512	7,603	8,545	8,613	9,051
	Fine Gael	Robert Fausset	11.7	6,808	6,833	6,867	7,191	7,268	7,378
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	11.4	6,651	6,692	6,798	6,857	8,697	10,159
	Sinn Féin	Séamus McElwaine	6.8	3,974	4,079	4,183	4,243	4,365
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	5.9	3,399	3,481	3,526	3,584
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Reilly	3.7	2,152	2,167	2,191
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Francis O'Donoghue	0.9	529	567
	Independent	James Kelly	0.8	455
Electorate: 73,601   Valid: 58,132   Spoilt: 491 (0.8%)   Quota: 9,689   Turnout: 58,623 (79.6%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[17][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson[*]	15.6	9,424	9,467	9,543	12,122
	Anti H-Block	Kieran Doherty	15.1	9,121	9,197	9,342	9,469	9,580	9,709	10,063
	Fine Gael	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	12.0	7,257	7,946	8,660	8,807	8,908	13,109
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard[*]	11.6	6,984	7,039	7,082	7,240	7,752	7,997	8,304
	Fine Gael	Robert Fausset	11.2	6,785	6,994	7,572	7,637	7,657
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon[*]	11.0	6,662	6,694	6,861	7,252	8,548	8,738	9,016
	Fine Gael	John Conlan[*]	10.6	6,431	6,775	7,777	7,802	7,815	10,355
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	5.7	3,431	3,483	3,535
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murray	4.3	2,565	2,803
	Fine Gael	Mona Hoban	2.9	1,741
Electorate: 70,995   Valid: 60,411   Spoilt: 584 (0.9%)   Quota: 10,069   Turnout: 60,995 (85.9%)

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cavan–Monaghan^[45][46]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson[*]	16.3	9,168	9,214	9,585
	Fine Gael	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick[*]	16.2	9,060	9,104	9,396
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard[*]	15.5	8,695	8,806	9,140	9,167	9,189	10,922
	Fine Gael	John Conlan[*]	11.3	6,347	6,408	6,476	6,482	7,752	7,901	7,943	8,030
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon	10.8	6,045	6,187	6,482	6,531	6,604	9,305	10,623
	Fine Gael	Brendan Toal[*]	10.4	5,809	5,861	5,932	5,935	7,542	7,729	7,753	7,811
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	8.8	4,912	4,936	5,220	5,366	5,569
	Fine Gael	John McKenna	5.6	3,166	3,183	3,332	3,348
	Independent	James Kelly	3.6	2,016	2,246
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Owen Kirk	1.3	713
	Independent	Patrick Harwood	0.2	94
Electorate: 69,935   Valid: 56,025   Quota: 9,338   Turnout: 80.1%

See also

• 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