1985 Waterford County Council election

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1985 Waterford County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 23 seats on Waterford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 10 2
Seat change 0 -1 +1
Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 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 11 0 11,255 48.74
Fine Gael 10 -1 8,790 38.06
Labour 2 +1 1,776 7.69
Totals 23 0 23,093 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Dungarvan

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Dungarvan: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fianna Fáil Jackie Fahey TD* 911 931                        
Labour Billy Kyne* 818 843 880 919 1,016                  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Kenneally* 739 745 754 778 783 785 832 834 973          
Fine Gael Garry O'Halloran* 604 612 614 626 629 633 731 731 819 892 898 1,042    
Fine Gael James Harty* 598 603 655 683 686 686 752 752 797 865 868 1,053    
Fianna Fáil Sean Whelan 489 497 500 528 542 547 580 581 648 667 691 753 772 788
Fine Gael Simon Hanley 472 479 483 483 493 500 549 550 553 610 610      
Fine Gael Michael O'Riordan 466 474 480 482 503 522 535 535 538 649 649 747 832 903
Fianna Fáil Declan Goode* 411 418 438 455 482 505 514 515 560 605 619 672 685 692
Fianna Fáil John O'Brien 396 404 406 422 422 422 428 428            
Fine Gael Jeremiah O'Brien* 367 370 372 374 376 376                
Fine Gael Richard Walsh 343 352 357 360 385 400 430 430 434          
Labour Tommy Wade 230 237 249 263                    
Sinn Féin Seamus O Cuilliu 216 220 241                      
Workers' Party Tomas O Ceilleachair 185 197                        
Independent Ned Bluett 116                          
Independent James Coll 46                          
Electorate: 10,309   Valid: 7,407 (72.68%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 926   Turnout: 7,493  

Kilmacthomas

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Kilmacthomas: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Tom Cunningham* 939            
Fianna Fáil Kieran O'Ryan* 933            
Fine Gael Oliver Coffey* 882            
Fianna Fáil Sean Fahey 670 720 794 801 913    
Fine Gael Patrick Coffey* 589 605 618 677 701 715 767
Fianna Fáil Michael Hennebry* 443 472 492 494 525 570 674
Sinn Féin Jackie Whelan 215 221 227 229 238 242  
Fianna Fáil Noel Fleming 168 199 212 217      
Electorate: 8,054   Valid: 4,839 (60.88%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 807   Turnout: 4,903  

Lismore

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Lismore: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Willie McDonnell* 1,074      
Fianna Fáil James Quirke* 953      
Fine Gael James Walsh* 758 871    
Fianna Fáil Ollie Wilkinson 728 751 781 834
Fianna Fáil James Tobin 612 659 715 795
Labour Brendan Herlihy 99      
Labour James Kennedy 92      
Electorate: 5,907   Valid: 4,316 (73.84%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 864   Turnout: 4,362  

Tramore

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Tramore: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Paddy Cahill* 878                  
Fine Gael Michael Queally* 784 788 806 810 846          
Fine Gael John Carey* 769 781 826              
Fianna Fáil Brian Swift 657 662 667 678 770 795 862      
Fine Gael Con Casey 544 546 583 586 606 743 880      
Labour Brian O'Shea 537 554 559 562 579 605 719 723 769 783
Fianna Fáil Seamus Dunphy* 509 517 522 541 645 654 706 709 724 748
Fianna Fáil Geoff Power* 490 492 496 502 549 667 678 683 685 692
Independent Maureen O'Carroll 418 427 435 437 445 455        
Fine Gael Noel McDonagh 371 374 403 404 406          
Fianna Fáil Peter Griffin 329 335 339 351            
Fine Gael Bernie Flanagan 169 171                
Workers' Party Paddy Gallagher 76                  
Electorate: 11,583   Valid: 6,531 (56.38%)   Quota: 817  

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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  • 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.
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