1985 Monaghan County Council election

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1985 Monaghan County Council election

20 June 1985
All 20 seats to Monaghan County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 10 7 2 Seat change +1 -1 +2   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change -2
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+1	11,607	44.24%
	Fine Gael	7	-1	8,791	33.51%
	Sinn Féin	2	+2	3,168	12.07%
	Independent	1	-2	2,455	9.36%
Totals		20	-	26,237	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Dr Rory O'HanlonTD*		1,565
	Fine Gael	Bill Cotter		944	968	1,013	1,024	1,040	1,112	1,322
	Fine Gael	Patrick Jones*		828	843	857	863	936	1,050	1,383
	Fine Gael	Patrick Ruxton		634	654	657	662	672	734
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig McNally*		629	738	760	835	992	1,040	1,103	1,171
	Sinn Féin	Rose McMahon		562	573	617	649	691	817	852	888	912
	Independent	Peter Murphy		558	575	587	650	663
	Fianna Fáil	Rosaleen O'Hanlon		398	532	567	625	768	894	952	985	1,025
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Freeman		388	431	436	470
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McKenna		274	293	297
	Workers' Party	Francis O'Donoghue		193	203
Electorate: 9,068   Valid: 6,973 (77.69%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,163   Turnout: 7,045

Castleblayney

Castleblayney- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Francis O'Brien*		1,397
	Fine Gael	Arthur Carville*		1,200
	Fine Gael	John F. ConlanTD*		1,049	1,128
	Fianna Fáil	Macartan McCormack*		947	1,101
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Hughes*		811	895	942	998	1,017
	Fine Gael	Adam Armstrong		782	792	891	912	929
	Independent	Edmund O'Donnell		99	117	120
	Green Alliance	Eugene Meegan		14	16	17
Electorate: 8,696   Valid: 6,299 (73.2%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,050   Turnout: 6,365

Clones

Clones - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy LeonardTD*		1,771
	Sinn Féin	Pat Treanor		906	979	1,029	1,071
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney*		868	934	1,290
	Independent	William Doogan*		754	772	825	918
	Fine Gael	Peter Toal		470	520
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McKenna*		359	871	951	1,013
	Independent	Joseph Duffy		59	61
Electorate: 7,465   Valid: 5,197 (71.01%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,040   Turnout: 5,301

Monaghan

Monaghan - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghin O Caolain		1,700
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Treanor*		1,363
	Fianna Fáil	Willie McKenna*		1,191
	Independent	James Wright*		985	1,033	1,051	1,067	1,078	1,084
	Fine Gael	Thomas Reilly*		886	981	1,163
	Fine Gael	Stephen McAree*		786	887	989	1,034	1,050	1,095
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Caulfield		514	807	824	1,016	1,070	1,072
	Fine Gael	Patrick Macklin		344	397
Electorate: 11,124   Valid: 7,768 (70.95%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,110   Turnout: 7,893

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.