Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)

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

Tipperary South
Dáil constituency
Location of Tipperary South within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Cahir Carrick-on-Suir Cashel Clonmel Tipperary
Current constituency
Created	2024
Seats	3
TDs	Séamus Healy (Ind)   Mattie McGrath (Ind)   Michael Murphy (FG)
Local government area	County Tipperary
Created from	Tipperary

Tipperary South
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	2016
Seats	4 (1948–1977) 3 (1977–1981) 4 (1981–1997) 3 (1997–2016)
Local government areas	South Tipperary County Waterford
Created from	Tipperary
Replaced by	Tipperary

History and boundaries

At the 1948 general election, the former constituency of Tipperary was divided into Tipperary North and Tipperary South. Tipperary South was primarily based around the former county of South Tipperary. The principal population centres were Tipperary, Clonmel, Cashel, Carrick-on-Suir, and Cahir. The counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary were abolished in 2014, and succeeded by County Tipperary.

The constituency of Tipperary South was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the new Tipperary constituency.

In 2023, the Electoral Commission recommended the establishment of a new three-seat constituency of Tipperary South.^[1]

For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[2]

"The county of Tipperary except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Tipperary North."

Changes to the Tipperary South constituency 1948–2016

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1948–1961	4	Tipperary South Riding[3]	Created from Tipperary
1961–1977	4	Tipperary South Riding, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary North[4][5] and and in County Waterford the district electoral divisions of: Ballymacarbry, Graignagower, Gurteen, Kilmacomma, Kilronan, St. Mary's, in the former Rural District of Clonmel No. 2; Dromana, Dromore, in the former Rural District of Dungarvan; Ballyduff, Ballyhane, Bally in, Ballynamult, Ballysaggartmore, Cappoquin, Castlerichard, Drumroe, Gortnapeaky, Kilcockan, Kilwatermoy East, Kilwatermoy West, Lismore Rural, Lismore Urban, Mocollop, Modelligo, Tallow, in the former Rural District of Lismore; Templemichael, in the former Rural District of Youghal No. 2.	Transfer to Tipperary North of the district electoral divisions of: Clonoulty East, in the former Rural District of Cashel; Buolick, Fennor, Kilcooly, New Birmingham, Poyntstown, in the former Rural District of Slievardagh; and transfer from Waterford of the district electoral divisions of: Ballymacarbry, Graignagower, Gurteen, Kilmacomma, Kilronan, St. Mary's, in the former Rural District of Clonmel No. 2; Dromana, Dromore, in the former Rural District of Dungarvan; Ballyduff, Ballyhane, Bally in, Ballynamult, Ballysaggartmore, Cappoquin, Castlerichard, Drumroe, Gortnapeaky, Kilcockan, Kilwatermoy East, Kilwatermoy West, Lismore Rural, Lismore Urban, Mocollop, Modelligo, Tallow, in the former Rural District of Lismore; Templemichael, in the former Rural District of Youghal No. 2.
1977–1981	3	Tipperary South Riding, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary North[6]	Transfer to North Tipperary of the district electoral divisions of: Ballysheehan, Gaile, Graystown, Killenaule, Nodstown, in the former Rural District of Cashel; Ballingarry, Ballyphilip, Crohane, Farranrory, Modeshil, in the former Rural District of Slievardagh; and Transfer to Waterford of the district electoral divisions of: Ballymacarbry, Graignagower, Gurteen, Kilmacomma, Kilronan, St. Mary's, in the former Rural District of Clonmel No. 2; Dromana, Dromore, in the former Rural District of Dungarvan; Ballyduff, Ballyhane, Bally in, Ballynamult, Ballysaggartmore, Cappoquin, Castlerichard, Drumroe, Gortnapeaky, Kilcockan, Kilwatermoy East, Kilwatermoy West, Lismore Rural, Lismore Urban, Mocollop, Modelligo, Tallow, in the former Rural District of Lismore; Templemichael, in the former Rural District of Youghal No. 2.
1981–1997	4	Tipperary South Riding,[7][8][9] and in County Waterford the district electoral divisions of: Ballymacarbery, Graignagower, Gurteen, Kilmacomma, Kilronan, St. Mary's in the former Rural District of Clonmel No. 2.	Transfer from North Tipperary of the district electoral divisions of: Ballysheehan, Gaile, Graystown, Killenaule, Nodstown, in the former Rural District of Cashel; Ballingarry, Ballyphilip, Crohane, Farranrory, Modeshil, in the former Rural District of Slievardagh; and transfer from the constituency of Waterford of the district electoral divisions of: Ballymacarbery, Graignagower, Gurteen, Kilmacomma, Kilronan, St. Mary's in the former Rural District of Clonmel No. 2.
1997–2016	3	Tipperary South Riding, except the part in Tipperary North[10][11][12][13] and in County Waterford in the former Rural District of Clonmel No. 2, the electoral divisions of: Kilmacomma, Kilronan, and the townlands of: Barravakeen, Bawnard, Boola, Carrickabrone, Coolishal, Derrinlaur Lower, Derrinlaur Upper, Glendaw, Gurteen Lower, Gurteen Upper, Lisheen, Tikincor Lower, Tikincor Upper, in the electoral division of Gurteen; and the townlands of: Croan Lower, Croan Upper, Glenary, Glennagad, Kilgainy Lower, Kilgainy Upper, Knocklucas, Knocknagriffin, Lyranearla, Monacalee, Poulboy, Poulnagunoge, Scrothea East, Scrothea West, Spa, in the electoral division of St. Mary's.	Transfer to North Tipperary of the electoral divisions of: Ballysheehan, Clogher, Clonoulty East, Clonoulty West, Gaile, Graystown, Killenaule, Nodstown, in the former Rural District of Cashel; Ballyphilip, Buolick, Crohane, Farranrory, Fennor, Kilcooly, New Birmingham, Poyntstown, in the former Rural District of Slievardagh. Cappagh, Curraheen, Donohill, Glengar, in the former Rural District of Tipperary No. 1. with transfer of territory to the constituency of Waterford[14][15][16][17]
2016	—	Constituency abolished[18]	Portion in County Waterford transferred to the constituency of Waterford; remainder formed part of the new constituency of Tipperary[19]

TDs

TDs 1948–2016

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Tipperary South 1948–2016[20]
Key to parties   CnaP = Clann na Poblachta   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   WUA = Workers and Unemployed
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[21]		Michael Davern (FF)		Richard Mulcahy (FG)		Dan Breen (FF)		John Timoney (CnaP)
14th	1951[22]								Patrick Crowe (FG)
15th	1954[23]
16th	1957[24]								Frank Loughman (FF)
17th	1961[25]				Patrick Hogan (FG)				Seán Treacy[a] (Lab)
18th	1965[26]		Don Davern (FF)				Jackie Fahey (FF)
19th	1969[27]		Noel Davern (FF)
20th	1973[28]				Brendan Griffin (FG)
21st	1977[29]					3 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981[30]		Carrie Acheson (FF)				Seán McCarthy (FF)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[31]		Seán Byrne (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[32]
25th	1987[33]		Noel Davern (FF)						Seán Treacy[b] (Ind)
26th	1989[34]				Theresa Ahearn (FG)		Michael Ferris (Lab)
27th	1992[35]
28th	1997[36]							3 seats from 1997
	2000 by-election[37]						Séamus Healy (Ind)
	2001 by-election[38]				Tom Hayes (FG)
29th	2002[39]
30th	2007[40]		Mattie McGrath (FF)				Martin Mansergh (FF)
31st	2011[41]		Mattie McGrath (Ind)				Séamus Healy (WUA)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Tipperary

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. Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 20th Dáil from 1973 to 1977, and was returned automatically at the 1977 election. He lost the Labour party whip in February 1985.
2. Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 25th, 26th and 27th Dáil from 1987 to 1997, and was returned automatically at the 1989 and 1992 elections.

TDs since 2024

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Tipperary South 2024–
Key to parties   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
34th	2024[42]		Mattie McGrath (Ind)		Michael Murphy (FG)		Séamus Healy (Ind)

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.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Tipperary South^[42][43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Mattie McGrath[*]	24.4	10,014	10,592
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy	20.4	8,371	8,555	8,912	10,009	10,056	10,415
	Fianna Fáil	Imelda Goldsboro	14.2	5,838	5,965	6,506	7,219	7,271	7,848
	Sinn Féin	Martin Browne[*]	12.0	4,937	5,110	5,468	6,183	6,237
	Independent	Séamus Healy[a]	11.7	4,795	4,971	5,393	6,147	6,316	9,601
	Independent	John O'Heney	9.0	3,692	3,846	3,978
	Labour	Michael Brennan	4.2	1,731	1,970
	Green	Myriam Madigan	1.4	584
	Aontú	Rosemary McGlone	1.2	486
	National Party	John McGrath	0.8	316
	Independent Ireland	Nadaline Webster	0.4	161
	Independent	Bill Fitzgerald	0.4	154
Electorate: 68,247   Valid: 41,079   Spoilt: 284   Quota: 10,270   Turnout: 60.6%

1. Healy was a member of Workers and Unemployed Action but stood as an independent candidate.

2011 general election

2011 general election: Tipperary South^[41]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes[*]	21.5	8,896	9,214	10,186	10,463
	Workers and Unemployed	Séamus Healy[a]	21.3	8,818	9,542	11,265
	Independent	Mattie McGrath[*]	14.7	6,074	6,349	7,078	7,413	9,978
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Mansergh[*]	13.1	5,419	5,588	5,865	5,948
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy	13.1	5,402	5,563	6,404	6,633	7,948
	Labour	Phil Prendergast	10.9	4,525	4,966
	Sinn Féin	Michael Browne	4.5	1,860
	Green	Paul McNally	0.9	367
Electorate: 57,420   Valid: 41,361   Spoilt: 432 (1.0%)   Quota: 10,341   Turnout: 41,793 (72.8%)

1. Healy campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Tipperary South^[40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes[*]	21.1	8,200	8,386	8,823	9,070	10,518
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie McGrath	19.6	7,608	7,711	7,811	7,994	8,463	10,093
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Mansergh	15.8	6,110	6,261	6,406	6,528	6,752	8,813	9,028	9,341
	Independent	Séamus Healy[*]	14.7	5,707	5,884	6,036	6,456	7,548	8,591	9,198	9,282
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose	11.1	4,286	4,414	4,497	4,649	5,097
	Labour	Phil Prendergast	8.8	3,400	3,631	3,752	3,907
	Sinn Féin	Liam Browne	3.1	1,198	1,266	1,363
	Independent	Tom Wood	2.9	1,141	1,187
	Green	Bernard Lennon	1.5	591
	Progressive Democrats	Richie Molloy	0.9	364
	Progressive Democrats	Peadar O'Donnell	0.5	177
Electorate: 54,637   Valid: 38,782   Spoilt: 330 (0.8%)   Quota: 9,696   Turnout: 39,112 (71.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Tipperary South^[39]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes[*]	24.5	8,997	9,133	10,724
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern[*]	24.2	8,888	9,085	10,029
	Independent	Séamus Healy[*]	20.1	7,350	7,765	9,477
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Mansergh	14.3	5,233	5,433	5,888
	Labour	Denis Landy	9.1	3,353	3,555
	Independent	Tom Wood	4.1	1,515	1,631
	Sinn Féin	Muiris Ó Suilleabháin	3.3	1,210
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Larkin	0.3	120
Electorate: 56,092   Valid: 36,666   Spoilt: 390 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,167   Turnout: 37,056 (66.1%)

2001 by-election

Fine Gael TD Theresa Ahearn died on 20 September 2000. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 30 June 2001.

2001 by-election: Tipperary South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes	35.9	11,446	12,513	15,791
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire	26.5	8,461	9,251
	Independent	Phil Prendergast	24.8	7,897	9,376	12,891
	Labour	Denis Landy	12.9	4,103
Electorate: 54,542   Valid: 31,907   Quota: 15,954   Turnout: (58.5%)

2000 by-election

Labour Party TD Michael Ferris died on 20 March 2000. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 22 June 2000.

2000 by-election: Tipperary South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Independent	Séamus Healy	30.8	9,419	11,169	13,982
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes	26.8	8,184	10,718	13,449
	Fianna Fáil	Barry O'Brien	22.8	6,959	8,056
	Labour	Ellen Ferris	16.8	5,133
	Christian Solidarity	Mary Heaney	2.6	784
	Natural Law	Raymond McInerney	0.3	97
Electorate: 52,740   Valid: 30,576   Quota: 15,289   Turnout: 58.0%

1997 general election

1997 general election: Tipperary South^[44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern[*]	25.5	8,995
	Fine Gael	Theresa Ahearn[*]	24.1	8,494	8,513	9,117
	Independent	Séamus Healy	16.5	5,814	5,833	6,168	7,551	7,614
	Labour	Michael Ferris[*]	16.1	5,681	5,693	6,028	7,811	8,049
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire	11.8	4,151	4,275	4,920
	National Party	John Harold-Barry	6.0	2,125	2,130
Electorate: 51,925   Valid: 35,260   Spoilt: 374 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,816   Turnout: 35,634 (68.6%)

1992 general election

Seán Treacy was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 26th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

1992 general election: Tipperary South^[45]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Seán Treacy[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Labour	Michael Ferris[*]	20.9	8,306	8,466	9,148	9,245	9,727
	Fine Gael	Theresa Ahearn[*]	20.4	8,103	8,298	10,065
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern[*]	18.8	7,463	7,691	7,842	7,860	10,117
	Independent	Séamus Healy	10.1	4,023	4,191	4,270	4,278	4,440
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne	9.7	3,851	3,951	4,022	4,033
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	9.7	3,849	3,963	4,108	4,121	5,060
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin	7.2	2,854	2,975
	Independent	Joe O'Gorman	2.6	1,016
	Sinn Féin	Terry Crowe	0.5	205
Electorate: 56,800   Valid: 39,670   Spoilt: 533 (1.3%)   Quota: 9,918   Turnout: 40,203 (70.8%)

1989 general election

Seán Treacy was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 25th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

1989 general election: Tipperary South^[34][46][47]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Seán Treacy[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern[*]	24.3	9,497	9,645	10,463
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy[*]	18.8	7,360	7,432	7,628	7,956	8,355
	Labour	Michael Ferris	18.1	7,080	7,250	8,209	8,354	9,480
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin[*]	14.4	5,648	5,915	6,077	6,115
	Fine Gael	Theresa Ahearn	13.9	5,462	5,933	6,342	6,482	10,724
	Independent	Séamus Healy	7.3	2,859	2,923
	Progressive Democrats	Thomas Lonergan	3.0	1,171
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	0.2	93
Electorate: 54,734   Valid: 39,170   Quota: 9,793   Turnout: 71.6%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Tipperary South^[33][48][49]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy[*]	16.6	6,877	6,932	7,030	7,089	7,331	7,891	8,221	8,636
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern	13.0	5,412	5,455	5,651	5,714	6,122	6,567	6,897	7,591
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne[*]	12.9	5,372	5,397	5,500	5,651	5,913	6,381	6,601	7,034
	Independent	Seán Treacy[*]	12.4	5,126	5,244	5,921	6,081	6,809	7,962	8,327
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin[*]	10.9	4,542	4,563	4,605	4,783	5,693	6,642	10,295
	Fine Gael	John Crowe	9.5	3,938	3,965	3,997	4,132	4,683	5,178
	Labour	Michael Ferris	9.2	3,820	3,911	4,088	4,156	4,539
	Progressive Democrats	Anthony Kehoe	6.1	2,524	2,556	2,644	3,745
	Progressive Democrats	Thomas Lonergan	4.5	1,878	1,892	1,928
	Independent	Séamus Healy	3.5	1,457	1,554
	Workers' Party	Seán Hill	1.0	407
	Independent	Nicholas Quigley	0.2	76
	Independent	Patrick Ryan	0.2	72
Electorate: 55,055   Valid: 41,501   Quota: 8,301   Turnout: 75.4%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Tipperary South^[32][50][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne[*]	20.1	8,080
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	20.0	8,050	8,436
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy[*]	17.4	6,996	7,136	10,160
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin[*]	17.1	6,905	7,954	8,157
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald	10.9	4,407	4,967	5,209
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Ambrose	9.0	3,634	3,693
	Fine Gael	Anthony Kehoe	5.5	2,215
Electorate: 53,207   Valid: 40,287   Quota: 8,058   Turnout: 75.7%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Tipperary South^[31][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne	22.0	8,705
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	19.6	7,758	7,847	8,089
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin[*]	18.8	7,434	7,463	8,229
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy[*]	14.4	5,711	6,040	6,079	6,971
	Fianna Fáil	Carrie Acheson[*]	12.0	4,751	5,054	5,186	6,014
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald	8.0	3,180	3,203	4,039
	Fine Gael	Terence Darmody	4.8	1,883	1,895
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	0.4	158	161
Electorate: 52,217   Valid: 39,580   Quota: 7,917   Turnout: 75.8%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Tipperary South^[30][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	21.5	8,989
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin[*]	15.8	6,590	6,746	7,297	8,230	10,296
	Fianna Fáil	Carrie Acheson	14.0	5,838	5,947	5,982	6,171	6,244	6,311	7,228
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne	13.7	5,737	5,792	5,811	5,852	5,967	6,003	6,856
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	13.7	5,716	5,776	5,818	5,840	6,098	6,266	7,486
	Independent	T. J. Maher	8.9	3,728	3,791	3,908	4,067	4,581	5,623
	Fine Gael	John Crowe	6.2	2,596	2,640	2,851	3,197
	Fine Gael	Terence Darmody	3.4	1,413	1,524	1,725
	Fine Gael	Louise Farrell	2.7	1,144	1,184
Electorate: 52,217   Valid: 41,751   Quota: 8,351   Turnout: 79.0%

1977 general election

Seán Treacy was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 20th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a two-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

1977 general election: Tipperary South^[29][54][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	N/A	Returned automatically
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern[*]	34.8	11,715
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Byrne	19.0	6,412	6,841	6,934	7,274	8,378
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin[*]	18.7	6,298	6,312	6,359	8,706	12,869
	Labour	Michael Ferris	16.2	5,462	5,493	5,634	6,241
	Fine Gael	Hubert Burke	10.1	3,400	3,414	3,452
	Independent	Patrick Leahy	0.8	275	278
	Independent	Paschal Ryan	0.3	104	105
Electorate: 42,521   Valid: 33,666   Spoilt: 287   Quota: 11,223   Turnout: 79.2%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Tipperary South^[28][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	20.6	7,611
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	19.8	7,317	7,386	7,533
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern[*]	16.5	6,117	6,197	6,391	6,679
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin	15.6	5,777	7,008	10,369
	Fianna Fáil	William Ryan	13.0	4,793	4,841	4,882	4,990
	Fine Gael	Terence Darmody	8.1	2,982	3,882
	Fine Gael	Michael Smyth	6.4	2,360
Electorate: 46,127   Valid: 36,957   Quota: 7,392   Turnout: 80.1%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Tipperary South^[27][57]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Davern	25.2	9,357
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hogan[*]	17.5	6,499	6,587	6,688	6,824	7,901
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	16.5	6,098	7,306	7,344	7,640
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	13.4	4,955	5,029	5,589	6,018	6,221	7,234
	Fianna Fáil	William Ryan	10.1	3,742	4,204	4,241	4,285	4,339	4,869
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin	7.7	2,871	2,911	2,926	2,979	3,398
	Fine Gael	Peter Powell	4.6	1,705	1,718	1,738	1,815
	Independent	Seán Healy	2.9	1,073	1,092	1,105
	Labour	Patrick O'Brien	2.1	770	808
Electorate: 45,873   Valid: 37,070   Quota: 7,415   Turnout: 80.8%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Tipperary South^[26][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Don Davern	23.2	8,540
	Labour	Seán Treacy[*]	19.0	7,005	7,091	7,485
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey	12.5	4,595	5,222	5,298	9,075
	Fine Gael	Denis Burke	12.0	4,433	4,453	5,227	5,405	5,621
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hogan[*]	11.8	4,359	4,419	6,286	6,827	7,199
	Fianna Fáil	William Ryan	11.8	4,340	4,686	5,091
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Donoghue	9.7	3,560	3,594
Electorate: 46,703   Valid: 36,832   Quota: 7,367   Turnout: 78.9%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Tipperary South^[25][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Seán Treacy	19.5	7,260	7,486
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Davern[*]	16.3	6,070	6,194	6,694	8,135
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hogan	15.5	5,787	5,933	5,992	6,079	6,181	8,031
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen[*]	15.3	5,717	5,852	6,391	7,604
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald	10.4	3,864	3,920	3,936	3,991	4,054	5,663
	Fine Gael	Denis Burke	9.3	3,465	3,481	3,532	3,701	3,847
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey	7.0	2,625	2,639	3,144
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman[*]	4.5	1,689	1,707
	Sinn Féin	Pilib Ó Cinneide	2.2	834
Electorate: 46,785   Valid: 37,311   Quota: 7,463   Turnout: 79.8%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Tipperary South^[24][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Davern[*]	22.4	7,563
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen[*]	18.9	6,359	6,428	6,841
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman	13.6	4,579	4,659	4,962	6,257	6,348
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crowe[*]	13.2	4,456	4,974	5,027	6,218	6,225
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy[*]	13.1	4,407	5,336	5,353	6,556	6,557
	Labour	Seán Treacy	12.9	4,352	4,728	4,763
	Fine Gael	John Morrissey	5.9	1,990
Electorate: 42,999   Valid: 33,706   Quota: 6,742   Turnout: 78.4%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Tipperary South^[23][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen[*]	23.0	8,291
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Davern[*]	19.2	6,941	7,663
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crowe[*]	15.3	5,513	5,595	5,610	5,688	6,464	7,521
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy[*]	13.4	4,828	4,841	4,842	4,931	5,388	7,588
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lacey	11.0	3,962	4,148	4,539	4,702	5,201	5,516
	Fine Gael	John Morrissey	8.8	3,171	3,182	3,191	3,403	3,883
	Labour	Patrick Walsh	4.8	1,727	1,762	1,776	2,914
	Labour	Michael Kilkelly	4.7	1,695	1,711	1,718
Electorate: 43,783   Valid: 36,128   Quota: 7,226   Turnout: 82.5%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Tipperary South^[55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen[*]	18.5	6,842	6,873	6,999	7,078	7,304	7,392
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Davern[*]	18.5	6,833	6,863	6,936	7,001	7,151	7,225	7,254	8,215
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy[*]	15.6	5,745	5,791	6,098	6,167	6,971	8,874
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman	13.6	5,019	5,030	5,055	5,146	5,226	5,336	5,382	5,719	6,113
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crowe	6.5	2,384	2,459	2,710	2,726	3,300	3,652	4,839	6,129	6,265
	Fine Gael	John Morrissey	6.2	2,272	2,286	2,390	2,532	2,780
	Labour	Patrick Walsh	5.9	2,182	2,209	2,579	3,790	3,929	4,104	4,336
	Independent	Colm O'Donnell	5.1	1,892	2,236	2,389	2,410
	Labour	Michael Kilkelly	4.3	1,585	1,594	1,713
	Clann na Poblachta	John Timoney[*]	4.1	1,506	1,555
	Independent	George Furlong	1.7	638
Electorate: 44,749   Valid: 36,898   Quota: 7,380   Turnout: 82.5%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Tipperary South^[55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen[*]	21.8	7,931
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Davern	17.0	6,176	6,602	6,626	6,670	6,894	6,956	6,962	7,534
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy[*]	14.4	5,225	5,231	5,280	5,327	5,947	7,408
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman[*]	10.8	3,909	4,035	4,047	4,092	4,120	4,230	4,243	4,434	4,631	4,816	5,431
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Fitzgerald	9.0	3,257	3,280	3,296	3,305	3,607	3,692	3,749	3,876	3,904	3,998
	Clann na Poblachta	John Timoney	5.3	1,914	1,929	2,093	2,137	2,250	2,319	2,338	2,730	2,756	4,645	5,996
	Clann na Poblachta	Denis O'Driscoll	4.6	1,674	1,680	2,065	2,125	2,138	2,214	2,241	2,625	2,642
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crowe	4.5	1,626	1,660	1,667	1,671
	Fine Gael	John Morrissey	4.4	1,587	1,595	1,616	1,695	2,003
	Labour	Denis O'Sullivan	4.1	1,487	1,500	1,533	2,024	2,057	2,125	2,145
	Labour	Richard Stapleton	2.3	821	826	834
	Clann na Poblachta	John Murray	2.0	722	725
Electorate: 45,797   Valid: 36,329   Quota: 7,266   Turnout: 79.3%