1985 Leitrim County Council election
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An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 councillors were elected from four 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 | 10 | - | 7,731 | 45.31 | ||
Fine Gael | 8 | -2 | 5,905 | 34.6 | ||
Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 1,854 | 10.87 | ||
Independent Fianna Fáil | 1 | +1 | 476 | 2.79 | ||
Independent | 1 | - | 1,096 | 6.42 | ||
Totals | 22 | - | 17,062 | 100% | — |
Results by Electoral Area
Ballinamore
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fine Gael | Gerry Reynolds | 834 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | John Ellis TD* | 733 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | John Joe McGirl* | 706 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | J.J. Shortt* | 582 | 594 | 614 | 742 | ||||
Fine Gael | Tommy McCartin* | 515 | 566 | 569 | 601 | 808 | |||
Fine Gael | Damien Brennan* | 473 | 497 | 499 | 504 | 598 | 708 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Christy Gallogly | 375 | 410 | 428 | 479 | 499 | 513 | ||
Fine Gael | Brendan Grimes | 299 | 326 | 327 | 374 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | John Reilly | 265 | 266 | 271 | |||||
Electorate: 5,568 Valid: 4,782 (86.4%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 684 Turnout: 4,811 |
Carrick-on-Shannon
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Pascal McKeon* | 793 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Guckian* | 717 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Jim Faughnan | 522 | 582 | 598 | 640 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn* | 494 | 497 | 525 | 650 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry McGee | 477 | 510 | 527 | 562 | 587 | ||
Fine Gael | Thomas Mulligan | 383 | 418 | 421 | 432 | 664 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán McGowan | 363 | 380 | 391 | 429 | 449 | ||
Fine Gael | John Maguire | 338 | 340 | 344 | 386 | |||
Sinn Féin | Martin McTiernan | 322 | 302 | 335 | 343 | |||
Electorate: 5,484 Valid: 4,409 (81%) Spoilt: 33 Quota: 630 Turnout: 4,442 |
Dromahaire
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan* | 662 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Joseph Mooney* | 598 | 614 | 617 | 750 | ||||
Fine Gael | Jim McPadden | 477 | 543 | 545 | 553 | 561 | 589 | ||
Sinn Féin | Mel Farrell | 472 | 501 | 504 | 537 | 548 | 704 | ||
Fine Gael | Joseph McLoughlin* | 379 | 472 | 474 | 480 | 485 | 590 | ||
Fine Gael | P.J. Lynch* | 361 | 376 | 376 | 462 | 482 | 504 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Ben McKeon | 324 | 329 | 331 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Dolan | 307 | 342 | 350 | 408 | 472 | |||
Fine Gael | Leo McHugh | 269 | |||||||
Electorate: 4,713 Valid: 3,849 (82.3%) Spoilt: 30 Quota: 642 Turnout: 3,879 |
Manorhamilton
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Tony Ferguson* | 899 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Aodh Flynn* | 662 | 542 | 548 | 602 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Charles Cullen* | 480 | 497 | 500 | 533 | 629 | 705 | ||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | Larry McGowan* | 476 | 504 | 513 | 521 | 579 | 750 | ||||
Fine Gael | Stanley Trotter | 401 | 411 | 414 | 472 | 503 | 529 | 545 | 562 | ||
Sinn Féin | Michael Colreavy | 354 | 374 | 376 | 389 | 445 | |||||
Independent | John Cullen | 303 | 335 | 337 | 361 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Gallagher* | 273 | 325 | 355 | 399 | 483 | 539 | 575 | 592 | ||
Fine Gael | Don Daly | 174 | 184 | 185 | |||||||
Electorate: 5,074 Valid: 4,022 (79.94%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 671 Turnout: 4,056 |
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- 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.
Preceded by 1979 Leitrim County Council election |
Leitrim County Council elections | Succeeded by 1991 Leitrim County Council election |