1985 Galway City Council election
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An election to Galway City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 6 | - | 5,985 | 40.59 | ||
Fine Gael | 5 | - | 4,283 | 29.05 | ||
Workers' Party | 2 | - | 1,323 | 8.97 | ||
Labour | 1 | - | 1,597 | 10.83 | ||
Independent | 1 | - | 1,556 | 10.55 | ||
Totals | 15 | - | 14,744 | 100.0 | — |
Results by Electoral Area
North & East Ward
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Bridie O'Flaherty* | 869 | |||||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Máire Geoghegan-QuinnTD | 808 | 816 | 822 | 848 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy (politiel Leahy) | 796 | 806 | 812 | 855 | ||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Fintan Coogan | 735 | 737 | 743 | 749 | 753 | 754 | 770 | 870 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Pádraic McCormack | 486 | 487 | 489 | 492 | 492 | 492 | 497 | 523 | 545 | 559 | 595 | 673 | 884 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Henry O'Connor* | 420 | 427 | 433 | 453 | 472 | 484 | 494 | 500 | 501 | 540 | 601 | 626 | 662 | 671 | ||
Workers' Party | Liz Hackett | 412 | 413 | 425 | 431 | 431 | 431 | 461 | 482 | 484 | 542 | 589 | 709 | 744 | 754 | ||
Fine Gael | Pascal Walsh | 328 | 330 | 331 | 336 | 336 | 336 | 358 | 396 | 403 | 424 | 449 | 487 | ||||
Independent | Brendan Holland* | 317 | 318 | 323 | 327 | 327 | 329 | 339 | 353 | 359 | 410 | 541 | 589 | 660 | 698 | ||
Independent | John Francis King* | 282 | 284 | 303 | 307 | 309 | 309 | 328 | 334 | 336 | 378 | ||||||
Labour | Peter Kenny | 271 | 271 | 293 | 295 | 295 | 296 | 379 | 390 | 392 | 396 | 420 | |||||
Independent | Sheila Jordan | 224 | 225 | 230 | 234 | 236 | 237
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Fine Gael | Marie Dennis | 219 | 221 | 225 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 241 | |||||||||
Labour | Pat O'Sullivan | 199 | 201 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Uiris O Ceadegh | 125 | 127 | 128 | |||||||||||||
Labour | Paddy Naughton | 120 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
Electorate: 15,706 Valid: 6,611 (42.51%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 827 Turnout: 6,676 |
South Ward
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fine Gael | John Mulholland | 844 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Martin Connolly* | 671 | 671 | 705 | 721 | 734 | 766 | 802 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Molloy* | 532 | 533 | 585 | 609 | 656 | 709 | 757 | ||
Fine Gael | Pat McNamara* | 525 | 530 | 535 | 564 | 598 | 666 | 781 | ||
Labour | Noreen Robin | 221 | 222 | 225 | 234 | 250 | 297 | |||
Independent | Gary O Lochlainn | 161 | 162 | 168 | 189 | 237 | ||||
Independent | Odran O'Leary | 154 | 155 | 163 | 179 | |||||
Independent | John Francis King* | 115 | 115 | 119 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Frances Quigley | 113 | 113 | |||||||
Electorate: 6,909 Valid: 3,336 (48.72%) Spoilt: 30 Quota: 835 Turnout: 3,366 |
West Ward
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Workers' Party | Jimmy Brick | 911 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Bobby MolloyTD | 638 | 658 | 689 | 704 | 731 | 746 | 951 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michéal Ó hUiginn* | 596 | 604 | 629 | 640 | 667 | 698 | 832 | |||
Fine Gael | Angela Lynch-Lupton | 533 | 538 | 540 | 600 | 628 | 650 | 681 | 705 | ||
Labour | Senator Michael D. Higgins* | 531 | 559 | 563 | 574 | 614 | 783 | 835 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Mary Byrne* | 417 | 426 | 435 | 446 | 476 | 488 | ||||
Fine Gael | J.J. McDonagh | 390 | 391 | 409 | 496 | 532 | 571 | 607 | 630 | ||
Labour | Joe Murray | 255 | 273 | 277 | 284 | 317 | |||||
Fine Gael | Martin O'Connell | 223 | 227 | 228 | |||||||
Independent | Tom Browne* | 213 | 226 | 232 | 244 | ||||||
Independent | William Lambe | 90 | 94 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,042 Valid: 4,797 (43.77%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 800 Turnout: 4,833 |
External links
- Irishelectionliterature
- Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "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). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.