Limerick East: 1997 general election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Green Party | to Independent | to Progressive Democrats | to National Party | to Democratic Left | ||
| from Labour Party | | 1116 (50.0%) | 181 (8.1%) | 351 (15.7%) | 153 (6.8%) | 433 (19.4%) | |||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 727 (7.9%) | 4961 (53.8%) | 478 (5.2%) | 41 (0.4%) | 26 (0.3%) | 2325 (25.2%) | 77 (0.8%) | 590 (6.4%) |
| from Fine Gael | | 351 (19.4%) | 108 (6.0%) | 999 (55.3%) | 15 (0.8%) | 7 (0.4%) | 174 (9.6%) | 27 (1.5%) | 127 (7.0%) |
| from Progressive Democrats | | 144 (6.7%) | 445 (20.6%) | 216 (10.0%) | 1285 (59.5%) | 68 (3.2%) | |||
| from National Party | | 171 (11.8%) | 567 (39.1%) | 272 (18.8%) | 342 (23.6%) | 98 (6.8%) | |||
| from Democratic Left | | 2126 (68.4%) | 980 (31.6%) |