1985 Roscommon County Council election

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

1985 Roscommon County Council election

20 June 1985
All 26 seats to Roscommon County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Seats won 13 8 5 Seat change +1 -4 +4   Party Sinn Féin Seats won 0 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	+1	13,230	44.86%
	Fine Gael	8	-4	10,648	36.10%
	Independent	5	+4	4,661	15.8%
	Sinn Féin	0	-1	948	3.21%
Totals		26	-	29,495	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone

Athlone - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran*		1,522
	Fine Gael	Liam NaughtenTD*		1,379
	Independent	Patrick Lenihan*		1,274
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Morris		448	825	870	905	1,091
	Fine Gael	John Joe Grenham*		387	437	627	840	884
	Fine Gael	Willie Nestor		208	259	359
Electorate: 6,686   Valid: 5,218 (78.79%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,044   Turnout: 5,268

Ballaghadreen

Ballaghadreen - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Senator John Connor		881
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Dooney*		795	806	951
	Fine Gael	Michael Scally		636	793	819	821	832
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Lynch		633	656	762	833	834
	Independent	Tom McGarry*		568	652	818	830	834
	Fianna Fáil	Hubert Maxwell		479	508
	Fine Gael	Michael Gilligan*		332
Electorate: 6,498   Valid: 4,325 (67.04%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 866   Turnout: 4,356

Boyle

Boyle - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Sean DohertyTD*		1,263
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McQuaid		652	758	797	843	977
	Fianna Fáil	Colm O'Donnell*		595	696	718	765	862	926
	Fine Gael	Thomas Egan*		574	595	705	748	760	761	830
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hopkins		514	528	573	619	624	625	680
	Fine Gael	Charles Duignan*		500	523	557	575	606	608	909
	Fine Gael	John Beirne*		444	458	480	499	579	579
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Cooney		327	379	383	421
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Earley		296	310	319
	Fine Gael	Connie Fallon		283	292
Electorate: 7,103   Valid: 5,448 (77.64%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 909   Turnout: 5,515

Castlerea

Castlerea - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Patrick Moylan*		714	755	845
	Fine Gael	Michael McGreal		579	601	625	634	691	711	713
	Independent	Paddy Concannon*		550	553	556	556	668	780	837
	Fine Gael	Tom Callaghan*		526	528	528	529	588	657	681
	Independent	Tony Waldron		473	481	489	493
	Fianna Fáil	John Costello*		443	446	516	528	665	957
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Satchwell		429	434	498	503	579
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Regan		263	271
	Independent	Michael Mitchell		96
Electorate: 5,412   Valid: 4,074 (76.07%)   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 815   Turnout: 4,117

Roscommon

Roscommon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Terry LeydenTD*		1,101
	Independent	Eithne Quinn		986
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Murray		609	655	670	756	824	930
	Fianna Fáil	Des Bruen*		549	632	654	786	806	830
	Fine Gael	Patrick Walshe*		515	529	549	580	722	901
	Fine Gael	John T. Kirwan		446	453	464	473	526
	Fine Gael	Tom Hunt*		402	418	433	472	581	742
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Keane		382	394	403	429
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDermott		316	359	367
Electorate: 7,607   Valid: 5,312 (70.28%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 886   Turnout: 5,346

Strokestown

Strokestown- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Brian Mullooly*		1,259
	Fine Gael	Seán Beirne		773	765	831	1,054
	Fine Gael	Seamus Scott*		674	683	801	925	961
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Mullooly*		652	698	799	881	917
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy		632	729	975	1,130
	Fine Gael	Frank Curley		629	637	652
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Neary		533	582
Electorate: 6,498   Valid: 5,118 (79.32%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,024   Turnout: 5,154

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.