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1985 Offaly County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 21 seats to Offaly County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 12 6 3
Seat change +2 -3 +2
  Fourth party
 
Party Labour
Seats won 0
Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +2 13,280 49.78%
Fine Gael 6 -3 8,673 32.48%
Independent 3 +2 3,304 12.37%
Labour 0 -1 1,090 4.08%
Totals 21 - 24,722 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Birr

Birr- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Pat Moylan 1,049 1,059 1,059 1,088 1,171      
Fianna Fáil Michelle Hoolan 835 840 909 924 940 941 971 994
Fine Gael Tom EnrightTD* 827 883 955 982 1,182      
Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley* 788 806 810 875 908 910 1,030 1,086
Fine Gael Joe Clear* 724 734 807 822 887 908 1,318  
Fianna Fáil Seamus Loughnane* 680 709 718 781 788 795 838 865
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen* 523 540 564 595 685 723    
Fine Gael Padraig Horan 447 482 515 538        
Sinn Féin Patrick Grogan 299 308 308          
Fine Gael Patrick Collison 289 293            
Labour Fred Ryan 214              
Electorate: 9,040   Valid: 6,675 (74.99%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,113   Turnout: 6,779  

Edenderry

Edenderry - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Ger ConnollyTD* 1,787        
Fine Gael Michael Fox* 843 864 876 1,015 1,029
Independent James Flanagan* 772 868 884 1,095  
Fine Gael Donal Dunne* 753 794 837 925 941
Fianna Fáil Patrick Gorman* 730 1,088      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Scully* 724 872 893 977 994
Fine Gael Paul O'Kelly 321 349 352    
Independent Eileen O'Connor 211 243 266    
Independent Eugene Mulligan 141 156      
Electorate: 10,162   Valid: 6,282 (62.99%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,048   Turnout: 6,401  

Ferbane

Ferbane- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 1,223      
Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 1,075      
Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 894 1,075    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mahon 723 773 786 953
Fine Gael Bernard Corcoran* 700 740 840 936
Fine Gael Attracta Dooley 552 557 608 703
Independent Seamus Boland 442 453 472  
Electorate: 8,741   Valid: 5,673 (65.7%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 946   Turnout: 5,743  

Tullamore

Tullamore - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Brian CowenTD* 15% 1,141                
Fianna Fáil John Flanagan* 12.5% 953 965 981 994 1,018 1,072 1,113    
Independent Thomas Dolan* 11.1% 844 860 875 879 902 926 950 966 1,013
Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue 10.9% 830 854 855 882 913 946 1,057 1,118  
Labour Pat Gallagher 9.5% 722 742 743 808 842 894 921 1,099  
Fine Gael Frank Feery* 9.3% 708 712 719 722 724 737 798 810 848
Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan* 9.3% 706 722 729 747 781 797 816 851 1,076
Fianna Fáil Michael Lynam 5.3% 403 405 408 412 422 430 441 448  
Fine Gael Kevin Wrafter 3.8% 289 298 299 304 309 310      
Labour Laurence Byrne 3.3% 250 258 259 270 280        
Labour Ernest McGuire 2.9% 223 232 233 265 292 360 368    
Labour Seán O'Brien 2.7% 202 204 204            
Independent Anne O'Toole 2.5% 193 207 207 219          
Independent Peadar Keeley 1% 78                
Independent May Keeley 0.5% 41                
Independent Nellie Gaffney 0.3% 26 70              
Electorate: 12,610   Valid: 7,609 (60.34%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 7,673 (60.85%)  
Preceded by
1979 Offaly County Council election 		Offaly County Council elections Succeeded by
1991 Offaly County Council election
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