Cork East: 1997 general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Sinn Féin | to Progressive Democrats | to National Party | to Democratic Left | ||
| from Labour Party | | 1737 (54.3%) | 1462 (45.7%) | |||||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 110 (14.6%) | 74 (9.8%) | 391 (51.7%) | 2 (0.3%) | 6 (0.8%) | 3 (0.4%) | 170 (22.5%) |
| from Sinn Féin | | 328 (22.1%) | 391 (26.4%) | 217 (14.6%) | 168 (11.3%) | 155 (10.5%) | 223 (15.0%) | |
| from Independent |  | 469 (38.5%) | 241 (19.8%) | 113 (9.3%) | 177 (14.5%) | 42 (3.4%) | 117 (9.6%) | 59 (4.8%) |
| from Progressive Democrats | | 141 (7.1%) | 1158 (57.9%) | 529 (26.5%) | 171 (8.6%) | |||
| from National Party | | 121 (7.8%) | 472 (30.3%) | 505 (32.4%) | 196 (12.6%) | 265 (17.0%) |