Cork East: 1982 (Nov) general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Workers' Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 187 (16.2%) | 530 (46.0%) | 434 (37.7%) | |
| from Fine Gael | | 68 (4.3%) | 1333 (84.5%) | 177 (11.2%) | |
| from Independent |  | 28 (26.2%) | 26 (24.3%) | 33 (30.8%) | 20 (18.7%) |