1985 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow 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.

1985 Carlow County Council election

20 June 1985
All 21 seats to Carlow County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 10 7 3 Seat change +2 -2 -   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change -
Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control before election Fine Gael/Labour Council control after election Fine Gael/Labour

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+2	7,567	44.31%
	Fine Gael	7	-2	5,061	29.64%
	Labour	3	-	3,191	18.69%
	Independent	1	-	993	5.81%
Totals		21	-	17,077	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Borris

Borris - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Michael Meaney*		1,063
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Kinsella		598	670	742
	Fine Gael	Cyril Hughes		500	607	865
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Murphy*		445	508	567	620
	Fianna Fáil	Richard O'Driscoll*		434	490	508	522
	Fine Gael	Margaret Kavanagh*		360	444
Electorate: 5,424   Valid: 3,400 (62.68%)   Quota: 681   Turnout:

Carlow

Carlow - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Michael Kearns		699
	Fine Gael	Senator John Browne*		690
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter*		618	623	625	630	658	673
	Fianna Fáil	M.J. NolanTD*		543	546	547	550	568	574	574	592	642	713
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murnane		409	411	412	421	433	434	434	441	472	533	552	574	623
	Fine Gael	Carmel McDonnell*		379	384	392	394	403	429	430	447	454	466	469	522	545
	Fine Gael	Patrick Governey		367	370	376	380	388	416	421	433	441	461	464	517	533
	Fianna Fáil	James Brady		308	311	311	316	323	329	330	341	369	386	404	435	504
	Sinn Féin	Kieran Foley		265	266	266	282	286	297	298	321	326	331	333	361
	Labour	Cecil Whelan		220	223	224	241	243	252	253	278	284	296	300
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Nolan*		177	178	179	181	192	194	194	204	228
	Fianna Fáil	James Doyle		170	171	173	175	181	182	182	187
	Independent	George Russell		154	157	157	170	171	174	174
	Fianna Fáil	T.J. Byrne		111	112	112	113
	Fine Gael	Eileen Brophy		107	109	113	115	118
	Workers' Party	Margaret O'Brien		91	93	93
Electorate: 10,225   Valid: 5,308 (53.26%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 664   Turnout: 5,446

Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	John McNally*		864
	Labour	Jim Townsend*		727	734	758
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Nevin*		492	496	515	517	541	568	578	695	784
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan		414	418	434	434	448	575	584	641	883
	Fine Gael	Mary McDonald*		360	361	367	367	401	422	525	564	578	596	607
	Fianna Fáil	Donie Nolan		318	325	327	327	332	363	376	423
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Cullen		288	289	292	292	298	320	331
	Fine Gael	Kay Brophy		272	273	276	277	302	309
	Fine Gael	Joe Manning*		250	253	264	265	369	387	529	548	569	588	592
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur McDonald		247	256	270	270	292
	Fine Gael	Denis Foley		232	237	250	251
	Independent	John Curran		49
Electorate: 6,439   Valid: 4,513 (71.28%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 753   Turnout: 4,590

Tullow

Tullow - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering*		730
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur Kennedy*		681
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Bolger*		567	579	599	653
	Fianna Fáil	John Pender		558	561	568	656
	Fine Gael	Brendan Brophy*		448	481	484	500	596
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Toole*		366	394	397	405	535
	Labour	Michael Hickey		317	327	329	346
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Gallagher		189	190	193
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,856   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 643   Turnout: 3,910

External links

• Department of the Environment, Ireland (2010-01-28). "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 2019-10-28.
• Official website
• irishelectionliterature