Waterford (Dáil constituency)

This article is about the Irish parliamentary constituency. For the British constituency of a similar name, see Watford (UK Parliament constituency). For the Australian constituency of the same name, see Electoral district of Waterford.

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

Waterford
Dáil constituency
Location of Waterford within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Dungarvan Tramore Waterford
Current constituency
Created	1923
Seats	4 (1923–1961) 3 (1961–1977) 4 (1977–)
TDs	Mary Butler (FF)   David Cullinane (SF)   John Cummins (FG)   Conor D. McGuinness (SF)
Local government area	Waterford City and County
Created from	Waterford–Tipperary East
EP constituency	South

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Electoral Act 1923 and first used at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil, partially replacing the constituency of Waterford–Tipperary East that was used for the previous two elections. The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the next general election.^[1]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[2]

"The city and county of Waterford."

Changes to the Waterford constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1923–1937	4	The county of Waterford and the county borough of Waterford[3]	Created from Waterford–Tipperary East (5 seats)
1937–1948	4	The county borough of Waterford, and the county of Waterford and in the county of Cork[4] the district electoral divisions of Ardagh, Clonpriest, Kilcronat, Killeagh (Youghal), Kilmacdonogh, Youghal Rural, and the urban district of Youghal.
1948–1961	4	The county borough of Waterford, and the county of Waterford.[5]	Transfer to Cork East
1961–1977	3	The county of Waterford, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary South; and the county borough of Waterford.[6][7]	Transfer to Tipperary South
1977–1981	4	The county of Waterford; and the county borough of Waterford.[8]	Transfer from Tipperary South
1981–2002	4	The county of Waterford, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary South; and the county borough of Waterford.[9][10][11][12]	Transfer to Tipperary South
2002–2016	4	The county of Waterford, except the part in the constituency of Tipperary South; and the city of Waterford.[13][14][15]
2016–	5	The city and county of Waterford.[16][17]	Transfer from Tipperary South

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Waterford 1923–[18]
Key to parties   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   NCP = National Centre Party   NL = National League   PDs = Progressive Democrats   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   SF–WP = Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[19]		Caitlín Brugha (Rep)		John Butler (Lab)		Nicholas Wall (FP)		William Redmond (NL)
5th	1927 (Jun)[20]				Patrick Little (FF)		Vincent White (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)[21]		Seán Goulding (FF)
7th	1932[22]						John Kiersey (CnaG)		William Redmond (CnaG)
8th	1933[23]						Nicholas Wall (NCP)		Bridget Redmond (CnaG)
9th	1937[24]		Michael Morrissey (FF)				Nicholas Wall (FG)		Bridget Redmond (FG)
10th	1938[25]						William Broderick (FG)
11th	1943[26]						Denis Heskin (CnaT)
12th	1944[27]
	1947 by-election[28]		John Ormonde (FF)
13th	1948[29]						Thomas Kyne (Lab)
14th	1951[30]
	1952 by-election[31]								William Kenneally (FF)
15th	1954[32]				Thaddeus Lynch (FG)
16th	1957[33]
17th	1961[34]							3 seats 1961–1977
18th	1965[35]		Billy Kenneally (FF)
	1966 by-election[36]				Fad Browne (FF)
19th	1969[37]						Edward Collins (FG)
20th	1973[38]				Thomas Kyne (Lab)
21st	1977[39]				Jackie Fahey (FF)				Austin Deasy (FG)
22nd	1981[40]
23rd	1982 (Feb)[41]		Paddy Gallagher (SF–WP)
24th	1982 (Nov)[42]		Donal Ormonde (FF)
25th	1987[43]		Martin Cullen (PDs)				Brian Swift (FF)
26th	1989[44]		Brian O'Shea (Lab)				Brendan Kenneally (FF)
27th	1992[45]				Martin Cullen (PDs)
28th	1997[46]				Martin Cullen (FF)
29th	2002[47]						Ollie Wilkinson (FF)		John Deasy (FG)
30th	2007[48]						Brendan Kenneally (FF)
31st	2011[49]		Ciara Conway (Lab)		John Halligan (Ind)		Paudie Coffey (FG)
32nd	2016[50]		David Cullinane (SF)				Mary Butler (FF)
33rd	2020[51]				Marc Ó Cathasaigh (GP)				Matt Shanahan (Ind)
34th	2024[52]				Conor D. McGuinness (SF)				John Cummins (FG)

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: Waterford^[52][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane[*]	22.3	11,936
	Fine Gael	John Cummins	19.3	10,376	10,428	10,432	10,441	10,453	10,482	10,526	10,719	11,159
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Butler[*]	18.6	9,962	10,004	10,011	10,027	10,043	10,064	10,104	10,274	10,626	10,830
	Sinn Féin	Conor D. McGuinness[a]	10.8	5,791	6,692	6,716	6,735	6,882	7,013	7,123	7,259	7,396	7,414	7,825	9,519
	Independent	Matt Shanahan[*]	10.0	5,355	5,425	5,443	5,515	5,545	5,640	5,913	6,079	6,314	6,366	7,186	8,526
	Social Democrats	Mary Roche	5.1	2,717	2,765	2,770	2,780	2,973	3,184	3,216	3,806	4,528	4,633	4,887
	Green	Marc Ó Cathasaigh[*]	3.1	1,671	1,683	1,686	1,690	1,719	1,787	1,797	2,085
	Aontú	Ronan Cleary	3.1	1,664	1,680	1,693	1,822	1,858	1,879	2,149	2,207	2,257	2,262
	Labour	Sadhbh O'Neill	2.8	1,500	1,518	1,525	1,534	1,591	1,673	1,701
	Independent	Frank Conway	1.3	715	722	771	942	967	1,038
	PBP–Solidarity	Patrick Curtin[b]	1.2	643	669	672	688
	Independent	Killian Mangan	1.1	620	627	668	695	798
	The Irish People	John D. Walsh	0.9	482	485	514
	Independent	Aaron Joyce	0.3	162	164
	Independent	Mark O'Neill	0.1	56	57
Electorate: 97,153   Valid: 53,650   Spoilt: 363   Quota: 10,731   Turnout: 55.6%

1. Listed on the ballot paper as D. McGuinness, Conor
2. Curtain is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Waterford^[51][54][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane[*]	38.3	20,569
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Butler[*]	12.4	6,644	7,306	7,720	8,939	9,867	10,028	11,233
	Independent	Matt Shanahan	9.3	4,990	6,715	7,246	7,885	8,576	10,127	10,708
	Fine Gael	John Cummins	8.5	4,592	5,036	5,119	5,484	5,784	5,880	8,477
	Fine Gael	Damien Geoghegan	8.0	4,289	4,538	4,572	4,675	5,473	5,549
	Green	Marc Ó Cathasaigh	7.4	3,996	5,380	5,631	5,976	6,873	9,118	9,738
	Labour	John Pratt	6.5	3,498	4,306	4,453	4,602
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Mulligan	4.9	2,654	3,093	3,180
	Solidarity–PBP	Úna Dunphy[a]	2.1	1,153	4,361	4,829	4,944	5,444
	Aontú	Rónan Cleary	2.0	1,049	1,426
	Independent	Bernadette Philips	0.6	324	845
Electorate: 84,978   Valid: 53,758   Spoilt: 447   Quota: 10,752   Turnout: 63.8%

1. Dunphy was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Waterford^[56][57][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Butler	20.5	10,603
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane	18.8	9,739	9,783	9,826	9,890	9,967	10,497
	Independent	John Halligan[*]	16.1	8,306	8,368	8,438	8,513	8,674	9,271	9,345	11,148
	Fine Gael	John Deasy[*]	14.8	7,641	7,687	7,697	7,806	7,996	8,067	8,072	9,443	9,671
	Fine Gael	Paudie Coffey[*]	13.9	7,209	7,245	7,281	7,412	7,600	7,635	7,637	8,946	9,104
	Labour	Ciara Conway[*]	4.4	2,268	2,286	2,302	2,309	2,367	2,445	2,449
	Green	Grace O'Sullivan	4.3	2,237	2,254	2,285	2,379	2,567	2,968	2,993
	AAA–PBP	Una Dunphy	3.2	1,646	1,656	1,719	1,767	1,857
	Renua	Mailo Power	1.7	862	880	902	1,087
	Independent	John Walsh	1.7	858	865	895
	Direct Democracy	Edward Quilty	0.4	194	195
	Independent	Sheikh Ahmed	0.3	140	143
Electorate: 81,819   Valid: 51,703   Spoilt: 400   Quota: 10,341   Turnout: 63.7%

2011 general election

2011 general election: Waterford^[49]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	John Deasy[*]	20.0	10,718	10,731	10,751
	Fine Gael	Paudie Coffey	18.1	9,698	9,705	9,737	9,774	9,852	9,999	10,055	10,703	11,236
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally[*]	14.0	7,515	7,521	7,555	7,567	7,600	7,672	7,736	7,968	8,207	8,782	8,845
	Labour	Ciara Conway	10.3	5,554	5,560	5,565	5,597	5,708	5,867	5,937	6,424	9,216	11,182
	Independent	John Halligan	10.3	5,546	5,552	5,569	5,594	5,639	5,776	6,051	6,448	7,373	9,602	9,818
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane	9.9	5,342	5,347	5,361	5,387	5,414	5,458	5,636	5,868	6,298
	Labour	Seamus Ryan	8.6	4,638	4,644	4,652	4,664	4,730	4,791	4,971	5,113
	Independent	Tom Higgins	2.1	1,130	1,133	1,150	1,164	1,201	1,227	1,246
	Independent	Justin Collery	1.8	967	971	983	1,025	1,075	1,129	1,166
	Workers' Party	Joe Tobin	1.6	873	878	889	906	925	937
	Independent	Joe Conway	1.3	725	729	738	751	762
	Green	Jody Power	0.9	462	462	465	501
	Fís Nua	Ben Nutty[a]	0.5	257	261	276
	Independent	Declan Waters	0.4	222	223
	Independent	Gerard Kiersey	0.1	73
Electorate: 78,435   Valid: 53,720   Spoilt: 578 (1.1%)   Quota: 10,745   Turnout: 54,298 (69.2%)

1. Although Fís Nua was registered as a political party on 4 February 2011, the party's name did not appear on the ballot, as the Register of Political Parties in use was that in force on 1 February 2011, when the writ for the general election was issued. "Electoral Act 1992, Section 25(14)". Irish Statute Book. Office of the Attorney General. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Waterford^[48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cullen[*]	23.1	11,438
	Fine Gael	John Deasy[*]	15.3	7,554	7,674	7,712	7,839	8,006	8,546	8,778	9,565	13,181
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson[*]	12.0	5,963	6,221	6,258	6,319	6,376	6,395	6,443	6,766	7,159	7,549	7,874
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally	11.4	5,624	6,384	6,423	6,561	6,631	6,699	6,995	7,663	8,032	8,472	8,848
	Labour	Brian O'Shea[*]	11.3	5,610	5,746	5,774	5,962	6,326	6,545	7,086	8,198	9,258	11,217
	Fine Gael	Paudie Coffey	9.4	4,658	4,706	4,732	4,825	4,935	5,382	5,522	5,894
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane	6.7	3,327	3,390	3,415	3,487	3,631	3,697	4,296
	Workers' Party	John Halligan	3.4	1,708	1,768	1,784	1,869	2,001	2,093
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy	2.7	1,340	1,372	1,378	1,433	1,519
	Green	Brendan McCann	2.1	1,049	1,062	1,085	1,206
	Independent	Mary Roche	1.9	934	973	1,014
	Independent	Declan Waters	1.5	270	271
	Independent	Francis Hennessy	0.1	53	55
Electorate: 73,434   Valid: 49,528   Spoilt: 430 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,606   Turnout: 49,958 (68.0%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Waterford^[47]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cullen[*]	18.3	8,529	8,606	8,734	8,854	9,432
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson	15.7	7,312	7,367	7,383	7,443	7,635	7,723	8,204
	Fine Gael	John Deasy	15.5	7,204	7,303	7,363	7,581	8,118	9,998
	Labour	Brian O'Shea[*]	13.4	6,219	6,364	6,649	7,182	7,649	8,316	9,524
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally[*]	12.3	5,735	5,780	5,920	5,969	6,165	6,425	7,117
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane	6.4	2,955	3,090	3,410	3,585	3,714	3,871
	Fine Gael	Maurice Cummins	6.0	2,799	2,862	3,009	3,121	3,341
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Flynn	4.6	2,137	2,187	2,251	2,464
	Green	Brendan McCann	2.9	1,361	1,533	1,646
	Workers' Party	John Halligan	2.7	1,270	1,398
	Christian Solidarity	Declan Waters	0.7	335
	Socialist Workers	Jimmy Kelly	0.6	300
	Independent	Conor Halpin	0.6	289
	Independent	Eddie Walsh	0.3	118
Electorate: 73,725   Valid: 46,563   Spoilt: 557 (1.2%)   Quota: 9,313   Turnout: 47,120 (63.9%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Waterford^[46][58]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	16.4	7,335	7,349	7,377	7,537	7,948	8,743	11,277
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally[*]	13.3	5,971	5,983	6,020	6,235	6,796	7,217	7,425	7,564	10,080
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cullen[*]	12.0	5,353	5,385	5,417	5,545	6,527	6,899	7,184	7,330	8,729
	Labour	Brian O'Shea[*]	11.8	5,271	5,281	5,356	5,588	5,828	6,335	7,124	8,687	9,273
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson	10.5	4,707	4,725	4,744	4,904	5,110	5,418	5,485	5,562
	Workers' Party	Martin O'Regan	9.2	4,139	4,147	4,502	4,689	4,788	5,149	5,494	5,692	5,783
	Fine Gael	Maurice Cummins	8.2	3,664	3,670	3,686	3,841	4,124	4,380
	Independent	Dermot Kirwan	6.6	2,946	2,952	2,986	3,183	3,356
	Progressive Democrats	Katharine Bulbulia	6.5	2,896	2,902	2,923	3,083
	National Party	Declan Waters	1.9	855	863	874
	Green	Brendan McCann	1.8	809	821	869
	Socialist Workers	Jimmy Kelly	1.6	702	708
	Natural Law	Michael Kennedy	0.3	149
Electorate: 69,789   Valid: 44,797   Spoilt: 667 (1.5%)   Quota: 8,960   Turnout: 45,464 (65.1%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Waterford^[45][59]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Brian O'Shea[*]	26.1	11,235
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	18.0	7,723	8,305	8,364	8,634
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally[*]	15.8	6,793	7,055	7,148	7,416	7,527	7,756	8,380
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	13.0	5,410	5,548	5,616	5,800	5,876	5,974	6,367
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Cullen	9.3	4,015	4,440	4,497	4,670	4,917	5,915	6,739
	Workers' Party	Martin O'Regan	7.0	3,000	3,451	3,617	3,739	4,338	4,676
	Fine Gael	Maurice Cummins	4.2	1,788	1,984	2,009	2,126	2,282
	Democratic Left	Paddy Gallagher	2.4	1,039	1,459	1,513	1,568
	Independent	Tony Scott	3.1	1,312	1,411	1,488
	Sinn Féin	Denis O'Brien	1.2	511	539
	Independent	Breda Hayden	0.4	161	197
Electorate: 64,037   Valid: 42,987   Spoilt: 676 (1.6%)   Quota: 8,598   Turnout: 43,663 (68.2%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Waterford^[44][60]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Brian O'Shea	18.9	7,823	7,969	8,208	8,405
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	18.3	7,571	7,668	9,739
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	16.9	6,991	7,570	7,638	7,685	8,282
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally	13.3	5,486	6,420	6,502	6,549	7,147
	Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher	11.1	4,570	4,691	4,830	4,913
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Cullen[*]	8.4	3,489	3,534	4,245	5,345	6,670
	Fine Gael	Katharine Bulbulia	8.1	3,340	3,379
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift[*]	4.6	1,891
	Independent	Padraig Sweeney	0.4	159
Electorate: 60,504   Valid: 41,320   Quota: 8,265   Turnout: 68.3%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Waterford^[43][61]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	18.9	8,430	8,569	8,794	11,708
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	16.4	7,321	7,517	7,847	7,962	8,049	8,648	8,855
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Ormonde[*]	13.4	5,959	6,091	6,340	6,439	6,530	6,984	7,119
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift	12.8	5,720	5,906	6,355	6,496	6,607	7,620	7,930
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Cullen	12.0	5,347	5,427	5,861	6,444	8,225	9,723
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins[*]	8.9	3,990	4,035	4,178
	Labour	Brian O'Shea	7.5	3,358	3,517	4,442	4,636	5,069
	Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher	6.4	2,855	3,408
	Sinn Féin	Noel Ryan	1.7	758
	Workers' Party	Anthony Wright	1.2	552
	Independent	Pádraig Sweeney	0.5	226
	Independent	John Lanigan	0.2	78
Electorate: 59,904   Valid: 44,594   Quota: 8,919   Turnout: 74.4%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Waterford^[42][62]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	19.8	8,495	8,904
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Ormonde	16.3	6,983	7,086	7,098	7,354	7,536	9,796
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	14.5	6,230	6,335	6,351	6,576	6,709	7,787	8,917
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins[*]	12.7	5,442	5,660	5,795	6,278	9,006
	Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher[*]	10.7	4,577	5,095	5,156	5,972	6,423	6,927	7,019
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift	8.1	3,487	3,649	3,654	3,957	4,136
	Fine Gael	Katharine Bulbulia	7.1	3,034	3,263	3,342	3,885
	Independent	Thomas Brennan	6.0	2,574	2,785	2,807
	Labour	Brian O'Shea	4.1	1,760
	Independent	Terence Moroney	0.7	285
Electorate: 56,754   Valid: 42,867   Quota: 8,574   Turnout: 75.5%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Waterford^[41][63]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	22.4	9,295
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	16.3	6,762	6,813	6,871	6,986	8,858
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher	16.1	6,671	6,959	7,026	7,815	8,178
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins[*]	15.4	6,419	6,516	7,218	8,087	8,260
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Ormonde	12.2	5,058	5,118	5,173	5,312	7,620
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally[*]	11.1	4,623	4,705	4,729	4,853
	Labour	Brian O'Shea	4.8	1,982	2,094	2,169
	Independent	Vincent O'Toole	1.8	756
Electorate: 55,786   Valid: 41,566   Quota: 8,314   Turnout: 74.5%

1981 general election

1981 general election: Waterford^[40][64]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy[*]	19.7	8,625	9,340
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	19.0	8,314	8,432	8,499	9,583
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins[*]	13.8	6,022	6,223	6,445	6,589	6,629	6,987	9,859
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally[*]	11.9	5,183	5,237	5,257	6,835	7,511	8,363	8,792
	Fine Gael	Katharine Bulbulia	8.4	3,691	3,812	3,939	4,169	4,217	4,617
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher	7.9	3,463	3,679	3,772	4,044	4,092	5,439	6,255
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift	7.9	3,456	3,482	3,494
	Anti H-Block	Kevin Lynch	7.6	3,337	3,464	3,518	3,653	3,679
	Labour	William Kyne	3.7	1,632
Electorate: 55,786   Valid: 43,723   Quota: 8,745   Turnout: 78.4%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Waterford^[39][65]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally[*]	18.9	8,061	8,100	8,288	8,721
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy	17.2	7,333	7,404	7,855	8,006	8,028	8,033	9,142
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey[*]	16.9	7,214	7,243	7,535	8,595
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins[*]	13.4	5,726	5,752	5,990	6,010	6,013	6,013	6,870	7,188
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher	10.6	4,500	4,529	4,574	4,621	4,628	4,630	5,067	5,619
	Fianna Fáil	Ria O'Brien	6.4	2,738	2,775	2,858	3,700	3,861	3,922	4,059
	Labour	Frank King	6.3	2,679	2,697	2,752	2,782	2,784	2,785
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Whelan	5.9	2,508	2,518	2,642
	Independent	Patrick Crotty	3.7	1,560	1,597
	Independent	Patrick Kirwan	0.7	306
Electorate: 53,811   Valid: 42,625   Quota: 8,526   Turnout: 79.2%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Waterford^[38][66]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins[*]	21.8	6,719	6,766	9,827
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally[*]	21.4	6,607	7,461	7,645	7,707
	Fianna Fáil	Fad Browne[*]	19.6	6,047	6,770	6,891	6,939
	Labour	Thomas Kyne	16.0	4,939	5,044	6,344	8,347
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy	15.1	4,658	4,772
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Curran	6.1	1,882
Electorate: 39,513   Valid: 30,852   Quota: 7,714   Turnout: 78.1%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Waterford^[37][67]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins	21.2	6,338	6,373	6,860	9,384
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally[*]	20.6	6,165	7,236	7,484
	Fianna Fáil	Fad Browne[*]	18.9	5,652	6,631	6,718	6,836	6,967
	Labour	Thomas Kyne[*]	11.4	3,395	3,551	5,327	5,842	6,866
	Fine Gael	Austin Deasy	10.6	3,171	3,264	3,328
	Labour	Thomas Brennan	10.2	3,029	3,053
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Whelan	7.1	2,118
Electorate: 38,041   Valid: 29,868   Quota: 7,468   Turnout: 78.5%

1966 by-election

Fine Gael TD Thaddeus Lynch died on 25 October 1966. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 7 December 1966.

1966 by-election: Waterford^[36][68][67]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Fad Browne	42.6	12,181	13,853
	Fine Gael	Edward Collins	33.7	9,617	13,178
	Labour	John Griffin	23.7	6,783
Electorate: 36,986   Valid: 28,581   Quota: 14,291   Turnout: 77.3%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Waterford^[35][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally	27.4	7,444
	Labour	Thomas Kyne[*]	24.6	6,694	6,788	7,118
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde[*]	20.8	5,652	6,163	6,306
	Fine Gael	Thaddeus Lynch[*]	19.8	5,380	5,410	6,890
	Fine Gael	Richard Walsh	7.5	2,033	2,041
Electorate: 36,409   Valid: 27,203   Quota: 6,801   Turnout: 74.7%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Waterford^[34][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Thomas Kyne[*]	29.9	7,917
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde[*]	23.1	6,112	6,406	6,578	6,732
	Fine Gael	Thaddeus Lynch[*]	18.9	5,016	5,555	5,662	7,618
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kenneally[*]	17.0	4,504	4,727	4,868	5,110
	Fine Gael	William Foran	8.9	2,365	2,485	2,527
	Sinn Féin	Alfonsus Ó Riain	2.3	601	713
Electorate: 35,794   Valid: 26,515   Quota: 6,629   Turnout: 74.1%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Waterford^[33][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	William Kenneally[*]	24.4	7,416
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde[*]	20.0	6,079	7,041
	Labour	Thomas Kyne[*]	18.3	5,567	5,737	5,785	6,148
	Fine Gael	Thaddeus Lynch[*]	17.0	5,161	5,217	5,239	7,499
	Fianna Fáil	James Quirke	10.6	3,221	3,353	4,209	4,403
	Fine Gael	Norman Walsh	9.7	2,958	2,973	3,007
Electorate: 44,215   Valid: 30,402   Quota: 6,081   Turnout: 68.8%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Waterford^[32][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	William Kenneally[*]	22.7	7,777
	Fine Gael	Thaddeus Lynch	20.4	6,991
	Labour	Thomas Kyne[*]	20.0	6,860
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde[*]	15.1	5,162	5,568	8,786
	Fine Gael	Norman Walsh	12.4	4,265	4,289	4,449
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Leahy	9.4	3,234	3,723
Electorate: 44,522   Valid: 34,289   Quota: 6,858   Turnout: 77.0%

1952 by-election

Fine Gael TD Bridget Redmond died on 3 May 1952. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 26 June 1952.

1952 by-election: Waterford^[31][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	William Kenneally	45.2	15,532	17,005
	Fine Gael	Thaddeus Lynch	34.1	11,714	16,448
	Labour	John Griffin	20.8	7,153
Electorate: 44,797   Valid: 34,399   Quota: 17,200   Turnout: 76.8%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Waterford^[30][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Bridget Redmond[*]	24.6	8,372
	Labour	Thomas Kyne[*]	19.0	6,472	6,799	9,091
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	17.0	5,798	5,853	6,005	6,105
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde[*]	16.2	5,523	5,599	5,856	6,038
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Leahy	14.3	4,873	4,917	5,326	5,749
	Fine Gael	Thomas Flynn	8.8	3,010	4,070
Electorate: 44,713   Valid: 34,048   Quota: 6,810   Turnout: 76.2%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Waterford^[29][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Bridget Redmond[*]	19.6	6,810	6,929	7,850
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	18.0	6,236	6,271	6,293	6,332	7,640
	Labour	Thomas Kyne	17.5	6,066	6,189	6,219	6,304	6,359	6,367	7,441
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde[*]	16.3	5,645	5,685	5,703	5,739	6,490	7,164
	Clann na Talmhan	Denis Heskin[*]	10.8	3,750	3,812	4,009	4,528	4,655	4,672	5,147
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Leahy	6.6	2,285	2,299	2,310	2,320
	Clann na Poblachta	Ruairí Brugha	4.6	1,582	2,242	2,256	2,323	2,345	2,346
	Fine Gael	Nicholas Sheehan	3.5	1,223	1,237
	Clann na Poblachta	Edward Dawson	3.2	1,098
Electorate: 45,795   Valid: 34,695   Quota: 6,940   Turnout: 75.8%

1947 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Michael Morrissey died on 10 May 1947. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 29 October 1947.

1947 by-election: Waterford^[28][68]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	John Ormonde	36.8	11,840	12,361	15,318
	Fine Gael	Nicholas Sheehan	30.9	9,941	10,402	12,565
	Labour	Thomas Kyne	23.8	7,683	8,906
	Clann na Poblachta	Seán Feeney	8.6	2,758
Electorate: 51,008   Valid: 32,222   Quota: 16,112   Turnout: 63.2%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Waterford^[27][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Bridget Redmond[*]	21.6	8,061
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	20.3	7,562
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Morrissey[*]	18.2	6,772	6,809	6,963	8,036
	Clann na Talmhan	Denis Heskin[*]	15.1	5,615	5,961	6,075	7,754
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding	13.2	4,925	4,939	5,141	5,538
	Labour	David Hanley	9.7	3,634	3,828	3,999
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	Liam Walsh	2.0	739	747
Electorate: 52,162   Valid: 37,308   Quota: 7,462   Turnout: 71.5%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Waterford^[26][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	19.7	7,820	7,974
	Fine Gael	Bridget Redmond[*]	19.6	7,765	7,810	8,017
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Morrissey[*]	15.6	6,197	6,409	6,524	6,528	6,548	6,827	7,246	10,873
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding	10.8	4,274	4,381	4,433	4,436	4,456	4,524	4,765
	Labour	James O'Connor	7.4	2,916	3,063	3,102	3,105	3,107	4,731	5,126	5,320	5,812
	Clann na Talmhan	Denis Heskin	7.3	2,877	2,916	4,523	4,575	4,576	4,736	5,695	6,092	6,312
	Labour	Jerome Guiry	6.0	2,362	2,426	2,456	2,458	2,459
	Fine Gael	John Butler	5.9	2,350	2,372	2,468	2,492	2,493	2,654
	Clann na Talmhan	Walter Norris	5.4	2,155	2,191
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	Tomás Ó Dochartaigh	2.3	926
Electorate: 52,162   Valid: 39,642   Quota: 7,929   Turnout: 76.0%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Waterford^[25][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Morrissey[*]	19.5	8,067	8,658
	Fine Gael	Bridget Redmond[*]	18.1	7,514	8,148	10,643
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	17.8	7,381	7,694	7,775	7,832	7,929	8,154
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding	17.1	7,094	7,387	7,450	7,490	7,671	7,812
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	11.7	4,832	4,997	6,628	8,708
	Fine Gael	Nicholas Wall[*]	10.2	4,248	4,366
	Labour	Charles O'Rourke	5.6	2,323
Electorate: 51,492   Valid: 41,459   Quota: 8,292   Turnout: 80.5%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Waterford^[24][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Bridget Redmond[*]	20.4	8,254
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	19.1	7,712	8,594
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Morrissey	15.1	6,113	6,817	7,056	7,445	7,581
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding[*]	13.7	5,528	6,536	6,781	7,105	7,173
	Fine Gael	Nicholas Wall[*]	11.8	4,784	5,130	5,148	8,513
	Fine Gael	John Butler	10.5	4,235	4,702	4,714
	Labour	Daniel Foley	7.9	3,179
	Independent	William Jones	1.5	592
Electorate: 51,596   Valid: 40,397   Quota: 8,080   Turnout: 78.3%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Waterford^[23][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	18.1	7,007	7,118	7,225	7,359	7,381	7,467
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Bridget Redmond	17.7	6,849	7,002	8,498
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding[*]	17.1	6,615	6,792	6,842	6,878	6,915	7,025
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mansfield	15.0	5,783	5,989	6,062	6,155	6,188	6,301
	National Centre Party	Nicholas Wall	13.5	5,228	5,297	6,053	8,935
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent White	9.1	3,506	3,560	3,912
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Kiersey[*]	7.3	2,827	2,856
	Labour	Thomas Ryan	2.2	834
Electorate: 45,770   Valid: 38,649   Quota: 7,730   Turnout: 84.4%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Waterford^[22][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Redmond[*]	20.8	7,276
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding[*]	16.7	5,835	6,935	7,020
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	15.2	5,316	5,811	6,076	6,257
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Kiersey	13.4	4,691	4,984	8,494
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mansfield	13.0	4,548	5,087	5,336	5,554
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent White[*]	11.9	4,165	4,654
	Labour	Daniel Foley	9.0	3,147
Electorate: 45,277   Valid: 34,978   Quota: 6,996   Turnout: 77.3%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Waterford^[21][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	National League	William Redmond[*]	20.6	6,623
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little[*]	20.1	6,434
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Goulding	17.9	5,744	6,944
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent White[*]	17.4	5,595	6,184
	Farmers' Party	Nicholas Wall	14.3	4,583	5,156
	Independent	John Butler	9.7	3,118
Electorate: 45,276   Valid: 32,097   Quota: 6,420   Turnout: 70.9%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Waterford^[20][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	National League	William Redmond[*]	24.3	7,687
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent White[*]	12.1	3,806	4,036	4,073	4,835	4,920	5,067	5,102	5,456	7,157
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Little	11.9	3,769	3,832	3,867	3,894	3,951	4,026	5,417	5,778	5,902	5,935
	Sinn Féin	Caitlín Brugha[*]	11.3	3,579	3,639	3,676	3,708	3,756	3,968	4,265	4,638	4,814	4,855
	Independent	John Butler	8.0	2,534	2,678	2,712	2,909	3,035	3,487	3,649	4,000	4,370	4,598
	Farmers' Party	Nicholas Wall[*]	6.9	2,187	2,361	2,372	2,466	3,261	3,556	3,719	3,854
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Ryan	6.3	1,988	2,025	2,031	2,047	2,097	2,251
	Independent	Declan Conway	4.6	1,453	1,500	1,510	1,597	1,750
	Labour	Richard Keane	4.1	1,299	1,526	2,202	2,239	2,274	2,336	2,373
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Daly	4.1	1,297	1,349	1,355
	Farmers' Party	Michael O'Brien	3.8	1,189	1,414	1,426	1,480
	Labour	Thomas Dunne	2.5	795	906
Electorate: 45,276   Valid: 31,583   Quota: 6,317   Turnout: 69.8%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Waterford^[19][69]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Republican	Caitlín Brugha	25.4	8,265
	Independent	William Redmond	19.8	6,441	6,626
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent White[*]	12.5	4,059	4,091	4,448	5,084	5,295	5,304	5,396	5,627
	Labour	James Baird	9.8	3,186	3,703	3,734	3,829	3,845	3,870
	Farmers' Party	Nicholas Wall	9.7	3,142	3,235	3,279	3,607	5,769	5,797	5,829	5,949
	Labour	John Butler[*]	8.3	2,710	3,351	3,463	3,744	3,830	3,882	7,222
	Farmers' Party	Garrett Flavin	7.0	2,280	2,414	2,494	2,784
	Independent	Richard Keane	5.3	1,741	1,873	1,949
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Brennock	2.3	735	754
Electorate: 45,849   Valid: 32,559   Quota: 6,512   Turnout: 71.0%

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