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The 1985 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 20 June 1985.

Results

County, city and town council seats

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0099;" data-sort-value="Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9900CC;" data-sort-value="Waterford People's Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Alliance (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E3170D;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |
Party Seats ± First pref. votes % FPV[1] ±%
Fianna Fáil 648,070 45.6 +6.5
Fine Gael 422,045 29.7 -5.4
Labour 51 109,681 7.9 -4.2
Workers' Party of Ireland 43,006 3.0 +0.8
Sinn Féin 46,391 3.3
Democratic Socialist 3 New 5,472 0.4 New
Waterford People's Party 1 New 1,681 0.1 New
Green 0 New 7,446 0.5 New
Communist 0 593 0.0
Independent 137,109 9.6 -2.1
 Total 1,421,494 100 —

County and City Councils

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Party Seats Seats +/- First Pref. Votes First Pref. % % Change from 2004
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Workers' Party of Ireland
Sinn Féin
 Others
 Total

County councils

Authority style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | FF style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | FG style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Lab style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | WP style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | SF Other
Carlow 10 7 3 1
Cavan 14 10 1
Clare 17 8 7
Cork County 24 19 2 1 2
Donegal 11 9 1 8
Dublin
Galway County 17 9 4
Kerry 13 7 3 4
Kildare 10 7 5 3
Kilkenny 11 10 3 2
Laois 14 9 1 1
Leitrim 10 8 4
Limerick County 18 10
Longford 10 9 2
Louth 12 8 2 1 3
Mayo
Meath 17 10 2
Monaghan 10 7 1 2
Offaly 12 6 3
Roscommon 13 8 5
Sligo 11 9 1 4
Tipperary North 12 6 1 2
Tipperary South 14 8 3 1
Waterford County 11 10 2
Westmeath 13 5 3 2
Wexford 11 6 1 3
Wicklow

City councils

Authority style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | FF style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | FG style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | Lab style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | WP style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | SF Other
Cork City 13 8 5 1 4
Dublin City 26 13 2 6 1 4
Galway City 6 5 1 1 2
Limerick City 5 6 1 5
Waterford City 5 4 2 2 2

Town councils

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Party Seats +/-
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour
Sinn Féin
 Others
 Total

References

Sources

  • "1985 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  • Local elections, 1985 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities (PDF). Official publications. Vol. Pl.3578. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1986. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

Citations

  1. ^ "County by county first preference vote". The Irish Times. 1 July 1991. Retrieved 21 June 2011. The first two digits of the Fine Gael total vote seem to be transposed in error, based on the other figures and percentages.

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