1985 Offaly County Council election

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1985 Offaly County Council election
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All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 12 6 3
Seat change +2 -3 +2
  Fourth party
 
Party Labour
Seats won 0
Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

Fianna Fail

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.[1]

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +2 13,280 49.78
Fine Gael 6 -3 8,673 32.48
Independent 3 +2 3,304 12.37
Labour 0 -1 1,090 4.08
Totals 21 - 24,722 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Birr

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Birr- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Pat Moylan 1,049 1,059 1,059 1,088 1,171      
Fianna Fáil Michelle Hoolan 835 840 909 924 940 941 971 994
Fine Gael Tom Enright TD* 827 883 955 982 1,182      
Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley* 788 806 810 875 908 910 1,030 1,086
Fine Gael Joe Clear* 724 734 807 822 887 908 1,318  
Fianna Fáil Seamus Loughnane* 680 709 718 781 788 795 838 865
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen* 523 540 564 595 685 723    
Fine Gael Padraig Horan 447 482 515 538        
Sinn Féin Patrick Grogan 299 308 308          
Fine Gael Patrick Collison 289 293            
Labour Fred Ryan 214              
Electorate: 9,040   Valid: 6,675 (74.99%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,113   Turnout: 6,779  

Edenderry

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Edenderry: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Ger Connolly TD* 1,787        
Fine Gael Michael Fox* 843 864 876 1,015 1,029
Independent James Flanagan* 772 868 884 1,095  
Fine Gael Donal Dunne* 753 794 837 925 941
Fianna Fáil Patrick Gorman* 730 1,088      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Scully* 724 872 893 977 994
Fine Gael Paul O'Kelly 321 349 352    
Independent Eileen O'Connor 211 243 266    
Independent Eugene Mulligan 141 156      
Electorate: 10,162   Valid: 6,282 (62.99%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,048   Turnout: 6,401  

Ferbane

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Ferbane- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 1,223      
Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 1,075      
Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 894 1,075    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mahon 723 773 786 953
Fine Gael Bernard Corcoran* 700 740 840 936
Fine Gael Attracta Dooley 552 557 608 703
Independent Seamus Boland 442 453 472  
Electorate: 8,741   Valid: 5,673 (65.7%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 946   Turnout: 5,743  

Tullamore

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Tullamore: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fianna Fáil Brian Cowen TD* 1,844                            
Fianna Fáil John Flanagan 832 1,046 1,054 1,067 1,130 1,155                  
Independent Johnny Butterfield* 812 830 840 849 856 872 873 899 917 953 987 1,054 1,118 1,289  
Fine Gael Frank Feery* 672 782 787 800 803 809 809 819 832 876 969 1,015 1,029 1,047 1,057
Independent Thomas Dolan 526 645 646 657 669 675 675 678 686 691 698 720 742 824 861
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mitchell 452 480 482 483 513 515 515 523 603 647 668 694 945 991 999
Independent May Keeley 400 412 414 430 435 455 455 497 524 537 552 625 650    
Fine Gael Ian Lee 353 356 366 367 377 385 385 400 413 492 679 716 789 837 851
Fianna Fáil Michael Lynam 336 405 407 414 427 427 427 430 494 500 516 545      
Fine Gael Peter Kelly 301 305 308 312 322 327 327 338 344            
Fine Gael Bernadette Owens 293 297 303 305 309 327 327 348 366 436          
Labour Laurence Byrne* 259 273 280 306 310 342 343 438 455 471 490        
Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan 209 238 243 247 285 296 296 315              
Labour Ernest McGuire 191 196 216 241 245 294 294                
Labour Vincent Wynter 184 186 208 216 217                    
Fianna Fáil Ann Mansoor 164 200 204 206                      
Labour Seán O'Brien 125 127                          
Labour John O'Dwyer 117 139 149                        
Electorate: 12,194   Valid: 8,070 (67.55%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 8,237  

References

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  1. ^ Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 104 of 1990). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
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  • 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.
  • Official website
  • irishelectionliterature
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