1985 Sligo County Council election
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An election to Sligo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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 | 11 | +1 | 12,670 | 45.6 | ||
Fine Gael | 9 | -2 | 10,538 | 37.93 | ||
Independent Socialist | 1 | - | 1,197 | 4.31 | ||
Labour | 1 | - | 789 | 2.84 | ||
Independent | 3 | +1 | 2,269 | 8.17 | ||
Totals | 25 | - | 26,689 | 100.0 | — |
Results by Electoral Area
Ballymote
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fine Gael | Tommy Lavin* | 943 | 950 | 1,056 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Leo Conlon* | 908 | 917 | 944 | 956 | 1,144 | |||||||
Independent | Patrick Carty | 749 | 775 | 779 | 780 | 806 | 809 | 813 | 913 | 944 | 968 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tommy Deignan* | 712 | 715 | 719 | 720 | 785 | 802 | 890 | 960 | 1,059 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Conlon* | 632 | 635 | 636 | 676 | 670 | 698 | 725 | 762 | 801 | 816 | ||
Fianna Fáil | John Sherlock | 608 | 690 | 698 | 699 | 707 | 708 | 740 | 855 | 886 | 901 | ||
Fine Gael | Tony McLoughlin* | 607 | 625 | 639 | 645 | 699 | 750 | 753 | 904 | 1,096 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Shannon* | 565 | 568 | 574 | 577 | 580 | 580 | 736 | 828 | 971 | 988 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Josie Devaney | 548 | 554 | 559 | 560 | 564 | 568 | 608 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Scanlon | 495 | 498 | 524 | 530 | 535 | 535 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Eddie Cogan | 411 | 413 | 433 | 437 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | John Perry | 378 | 389 | 442 | 461 | 504 | 543 | 707 | 726 | ||||
Fine Gael | Neil Henry | 270 | 278 | ||||||||||
Independent | Kevin Lee | 180 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 10,372 Valid: 8,006 (77.82%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,001 Turnout: 8,071 |
Dromore
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paul Conmy* | 1,236 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Conway* | 952 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus O'Dowd | 780 | 886 | 917 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Syl Mulligan | 575 | 584 | 595 | 700 | ||
Fine Gael | Peter Kivlehan* | 512 | 647 | 650 | 1,021 | ||
Fine Gael | Sean Tempany | 531 | 545 | 548 | |||
Electorate: 6,186 Valid: 4,518 (73.84%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 904 Turnout: 4,568 |
Drumcliffe
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Senator Willie Farrell* | 927 | 927 | 935 | 975 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Joe Leonard | 747 | 751 | 768 | 791 | 794 | 796 | 927 | 951 | |||||
Fine Gael | Ita Fox* | 695 | 700 | 723 | 728 | 777 | 777 | 819 | 854 | 898 | 1,193 | |||
Fianna Fáil | John Mulrooney* | 556 | 558 | 561 | 574 | 638 | 646 | 662 | 692 | 815 | 861 | 881 | ||
Independent | Michael Carroll | 509 | 511 | 520 | 537 | 542 | 544 | 551 | 678 | 699 | 748 | 823 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Danny McHugh | 443 | 445 | 457 | 466 | 509 | 510 | 521 | 555 | 683 | 726 | 754 | ||
Fine Gael | Matt Lyons* | 391 | 393 | 403 | 406 | 409 | 410 | 442 | 477 | 500 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Kevin Gilbride | 324 | 327 | 329 | 335 | 356 | 361 | 380 | 394 | |||||
Labour | Stephen McDonagh | 269 | 280 | 309 | 326 | 334 | 335 | 354 | ||||||
Fine Gael | John Watters | 256 | 256 | 259 | 303 | 305 | 313 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Jackie McGowan | 204 | 205 | 205 | 206 | |||||||||
Independent Socialist | John Harrison | 175 | 191 | 200 | ||||||||||
Labour | Anne Gilmartin | 121 | 129 | |||||||||||
Independent Socialist | Pat Fallon | 62 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 9,142 Valid: 5,679 (63.5%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 947 Turnout: 5,805 |
Sligo
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent Socialist | Declan Bree* | 960 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán McManus* | 847 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Peter Henry | 451 | 468 | 472 | 564 | 585 | 616 | 943 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Hugh Glynn | 412 | 429 | 441 | 451 | 475 | 572 | 617 | 648 | ||
Labour | Tommy Higgins* | 399 | 444 | 449 | 468 | 573 | 622 | 682 | 779 | ||
Fine Gael | Imelda Allingham | 387 | 399 | 401 | 474 | 494 | 506 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Bill Monaghan | 365 | 389 | 410 | 428 | 478 | 652 | 684 | 712 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Roddy McGuinn | 355 | 373 | 384 | 390 | 434 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus | 321 | 349 | 351 | 357 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Paul Dunleavy | 223 | 236 | 238 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,969 Valid: 4,720 (60.48%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,820 |
Tubbercurry
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Matt Brennan TD* | 1,090 | ||||||
Independent | Margaret Gormley* | 831 | 845 | 912 | 940 | 1,011 | ||
Fine Gael | Joe Cawley* | 710 | 741 | 756 | 824 | 1,094 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Aidan Colleary | 645 | 685 | 756 | 942 | 1,030 | ||
Fine Gael | Gerry Murray* | 503 | 505 | 618 | 629 | 691 | ||
Fine Gael | Tommy O'Hara | 447 | 452 | 455 | 526 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Walsh | 331 | 345 | 386 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Taylor | 304 | 315 | |||||
Electorate: 5,914 Valid: 4,861 (82.97%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 973 Turnout: 4,907 |
External links
- Official website
- 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 Sligo County Council election |
Sligo County Council elections | Succeeded by 1991 Sligo County Council election |