1985 Leitrim County Council election
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.
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All 22 seats to Leitrim County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Irishelectionliterature
- 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.
Preceded by 1979 Leitrim County Council election |
Leitrim County Council elections | Succeeded by 1991 Leitrim County Council election |
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