Irish local elections, 1985

The 1985 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 20 June 1985.

Results

County, city and town council seats

Party		Seats	±	First pref. votes	% FPV	±%
	Fianna Fáil			648,070	45.6	+6.5
	Fine Gael			422,045	29.7	-5.4
	Labour Party	51		109,681	7.9	-4.2
	Workers' Party			43,006	3.0	+0.8
	Sinn Féin			46,391	3.3
	Democratic Socialist Party	3	New	5,472	0.4	New
	Waterford People's Party	1	New	1,681	0.1	New
	Green Alliance	0	New	7,446	0.5	New
	Communist Party	0		593	0.0
	Independent			137,109	9.6	-2.1
Total				1,421,494	100	—

County and City Councils

Party		Seats	Seats +/-	First Pref. Votes	First Pref. %	% Change from 2004
	Fianna Fáil
	Fine Gael
	Labour Party
	Workers' Party
	Sinn Féin
Others
Total

County councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		WP		SF	Other
Carlow	10		7		3						1
Cavan	14		10								1
Clare	17		8								7
Cork County	24		19		2		1				2
Donegal	11		9						1		8
Dublin
Galway County	17		9								4
Kerry	13		7		3						4
Kildare	10		7		5						3
Kilkenny	11		10		3						2
Laois	14		9		1						1
Leitrim	10		8								4
Limerick County	18		10
Longford	10		9								2
Louth	12		8		2				1		3
Mayo
Meath	17		10								2
Monaghan	10		7						1		2
Offaly	12		6								3
Roscommon	13		8								5
Sligo	11		9		1						4
Tipperary North	12		6		1						2
Tipperary South	14		8		3						1
Waterford County	11		10		2
Westmeath	13		5		3						2
Wexford	11		6		1						3
Wicklow

City councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		WP		SF	Other
Cork City	13		8		5		1				4
Dublin City	26		13		2		6		1		4
Galway City	6		5		1		1				2
Limerick City	5		6		1						5
Waterford City	5		4		2		2				2

Town councils

Party		Seats	+/-
	Fianna Fáil
	Fine Gael
	Labour Party
	Sinn Féin
Others
Total

See also

• Local government in the Republic of Ireland
• Category:Irish local government councils