As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January __, 2005
                                                   Registration No. 333-________
                                                                            

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                           

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


            DELAWARE                                    13-3458955
  (State or other jurisdiction of          (IRS Employer Identification Number)
   incorporation or organization)

                    105 NORTON STREET, NEWARK, NEW YORK 14513
                                 (315) 331-7742
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of Registrant's principal executive office)

                              IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
                      2001 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
                              (Full title of plan)


                                W. BARRY GILBERT
                CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                              IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
                                105 NORTON STREET
                                NEWARK, NY 14513
                            TELEPHONE: (315) 331-7742
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


                                    Copy to:

                           MARTIN S. WEINGARTEN, ESQ.
                    BOYLAN, BROWN, CODE, VIGDOR & WILSON, LLP
                                2400 CHASE SQUARE
                               ROCHESTER, NY 14604
                            TELEPHONE: (585) 232-5300


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                      Proposed     Proposed
                                      Maximum      Maximum
Title of                              Offering     Aggregate
Securities to     Amount to be        Price Per    Offering     Amount of
be Registered     Registered  (1)     Share (2)    Price (2)    Registration Fee
-------------     ---------------     ----------   ------------ ---------------

Common Stock,     1,000,000 shares    $0.59        $590,000      $69.44
$.01 par value

      (1) The number of shares of Common Stock to be registered  may be adjusted
in accordance with the provisions of the IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in the event that, during the period the Plan is
in effect,  there is effected  any  increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Common Stock resulting from a subdivision or  consolidation  of shares
or the  payment of a stock  dividend  or any other  increase  or decrease in the
number of shares or the  payment of a stock  dividend  or any other  increase or
decrease in the number of such shares effected  without receipt of consideration
by the Registrant.  Accordingly, this Registration Statement covers, in addition
to the number of shares of Common Stock stated above, an indeterminate number of
shares which by reason of any such events may be issued in  accordance  with the
provisions of the Plan.

      (2) Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration fee
pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the  Securities  Act of 1933 and based
upon the last sale price per share of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board on January 19, 2005.

                                     PART I

                     STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

      This Registration  Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8 for the purpose of registering  additional  shares of Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),  of IEC Electronics Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the  "Registrant"),  issuable pursuant to the IEC Electronics Corp.
2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan").  The Registrant's  previously
filed  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.  333-103847),  as filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  on March 17, 2003 is
hereby incorporated by reference.

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      Upon this Registration Statement's effectiveness,  there will be 2,500,000
shares registered under the Plan,  1,500,000 shares from Registration  Statement
No.  333-103847 and 1,000,000  shares from this  Registration  Statement on Form
S-8. PART II

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Legal matters in connection with the shares of  Registrant's  Common Stock
issuable  under the Plan will be passed  upon by Messrs.  Boylan,  Brown,  Code,
Vigdor & Wilson, LLP, 2400 Chase Square,  Rochester, NY 14604. Justin L. Vigdor,
senior  counsel  to this firm,  is a director  and  Assistant  Secretary  of the
Registrant, and Martin S. Weingarten,  counsel to this firm, is Secretary of the
Registrant.  As of the date of this  Registration  Statement,  Mr.  Vigdor  owns
202,075  shares of  Registrant's  Common Stock and has stock options to purchase
24,000 shares of Registrant's  Common Stock;  Mr.  Weingarten owns 100 shares of
Registrant's  Common  Stock and has stock  options to purchase  4,500  shares of
Registrant's Common Stock.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See Exhibit Index.

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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and had  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized in the Village of Newark, State of New York on January 19, 2005.

                                               IEC Electronics Corp.


                                               By: /s/  W. Barry Gilbert   
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                     W. Barry Gilbert
                                                     Chairman of the Board and
                                                     Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW  ALL  PERSONS  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  each of the  undersigned  hereby
appoints  W. Barry  Gilbert  and Brian H.  Davis and each of them,  his true and
lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent with full powers of substitution for him and
in  his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all  capacities,  to  sign  the
Registration  Statement  and any and all  amendments,  including  post-effective
amendments,  to the  Registration  Statement,  and to file  the  same,  with all
exhibits thereto and al documents in connection  therewith,  making such changes
in the  Registration  Statement  as such  person  or  persons  so  acting  seems
appropriate,  with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact  each and every act and thing  requisite  and  necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or  count  do  in  person,   hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any of them,  or his or their  substitute  or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

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Signature                              Title                                   Date
---------                              -----                                   ----
                                                                         
/s/ W.Barry. Gilbert                   Chairman of the Board and Chief         January 19, 2005
-------------------------------
W. Barry Gilbert                       Executive Officer
                                       (Principal Executive Officer


/s/ Brian H. Davis                     Vice President, Chief Financial         January 19,, 2005
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Brian H. Davis                         Officer and Controller
                                       (Principal Financial and Accounting
                                       Officer)


/s/ David J. Beaubien                  Director                                January 19, 2005
-------------------------------
David J. Beaubien


/s/ Robert P.B. Kidd                   Director                                January 19, 2005
-------------------------------
Robert P.B. Kidd


/s/ Eben S. Moulton                    Director                                January 19, 2005
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Eben S. Moulton


                                       Director                                January ___, 2005
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Dermott O'Flanagan


/s/ James C. Rowe                      Director                                January 19, 2005
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James C. Rowe


/s/ Justin L. Vigdor                   Director                                January 19, 2005
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Justin L. Vigdor



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                                                       EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number        Description                                    Location
------        -----------                                    --------

4.1           IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option           *
              and Incentive Plan
              (As Amended - November 17, 2004)

5.1           Opinion  and  consent  of  Boylan,  Brown,        *
              Code,  Vigdor & Wilson,  LLP,  counsel for
              the  Registrant  as to the legality of the
              shares of Common Stock being registered

23.1          Consent   of   Rotenberg   &   Co.,   LLP,        *
              Independent Public Accountants

23.2          Consent of Boylan,  Brown,  Code, Vigdor &     Included in Exhibit
              Wilson, LLP                                    5.1 to this  
                                                             Registration 
                                                             Statement.
   
24.1          Power of Attorney                             (See Signature Page)


*     Included  as  part  of the  electronic  submission  of  this  Registration
      Statement


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