Carlow–Kilkenny: 1997 general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Green Party | to Independent | to Progressive Democrats | to National Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 1565 (51.7%) | 406 (13.4%) | 699 (23.1%) | 241 (8.0%) | 115 (3.8%) | ||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 180 (7.4%) | 1749 (71.7%) | 87 (3.6%) | 81 (3.3%) | 46 (1.9%) | 284 (11.6%) | 13 (0.5%) |
| from Fine Gael | | 42 (18.0%) | 16 (6.9%) | 156 (67.0%) | 8 (3.4%) | 11 (4.7%) | ||
| from Green Party | | 1244 (37.0%) | 1185 (35.2%) | 934 (27.8%) | ||||
| from Independent | | 104 (24.3%) | 176 (41.1%) | 53 (12.4%) | 45 (10.5%) | 33 (7.7%) | 17 (4.0%) | |
| from Progressive Democrats | | 315 (9.1%) | 2141 (61.6%) | 514 (14.8%) | 503 (14.5%) | |||
| from National Party | | 105 (13.0%) | 220 (27.3%) | 101 (12.5%) | 259 (32.1%) | 122 (15.1%) |