Desmond Governey

Election	Party	Share	1st Pref	Quotas	Elected
1960 bye-election - Carlow–Kilkenny		39.1%	14892	0.78
1960 Local Election - Carlow		27.6%	1072	1.93
1961 general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		12.4%	5343	0.74
1965 general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		10.6%	4741	0.64
1967 Local Election - Carlow		22.1%	1093	1.55
1969 general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		13.3%	6146	0.80
1973 general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		14.9%	6953	0.89
1974 Local Election - Carlow		19.1%	932	1.53
1977 general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		10.8%	5990	0.65
1977 Seanad Election - Industrial and Commercial Panel
1979 Local Election - Carlow		18.7%	1124	1.49
1981 general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		10.1%	5669	0.60
1982 (Feb) general election - Carlow–Kilkenny		8.6%	4663	0.52