1985 Sligo County Council election

1985 Sligo County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 25 seats on Sligo County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Socialist
Seats won 11 9 1
Seat change +1 -2 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election

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An election to Sligo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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 +1 12,670 45.60
Fine Gael 9 -2 10,538 37.93
Independent Socialist 1 - 1,197 4.31
Labour 1 - 789 2.84
Independent 3 +1 2,269 8.17
Totals 25 - 26,689 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Ballymote

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Ballymote: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Tommy Lavin* 943 950 1,056              
Fine Gael Leo Conlon* 908 917 944 956 1,144          
Independent Patrick Carty 749 775 779 780 806 809 813 913 944 968
Fianna Fáil Tommy Deignan* 712 715 719 720 785 802 890 960 1,059  
Fianna Fáil Michael Conlon* 632 635 636 676 670 698 725 762 801 816
Fianna Fáil John Sherlock 608 690 698 699 707 708 740 855 886 901
Fine Gael Tony McLoughlin* 607 625 639 645 699 750 753 904 1,096  
Fianna Fáil Joe Shannon* 565 568 574 577 580 580 736 828 971 988
Fianna Fáil Josie Devaney 548 554 559 560 564 568 608      
Fianna Fáil Eamon Scanlon 495 498 524 530 535 535        
Fine Gael Eddie Cogan 411 413 433 437            
Fine Gael John Perry 378 389 442 461 504 543 707 726    
Fine Gael Neil Henry 270 278                
Independent Kevin Lee 180                  
Electorate: 10,372   Valid: 8,006 (77.82%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,001   Turnout: 8,071  

Dromore

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Dromore: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Paul Conmy* 1,236      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Conway* 952      
Fianna Fáil Seamus O'Dowd 780 886 917  
Fianna Fáil Syl Mulligan 575 584 595 700
Fine Gael Peter Kivlehan* 512 647 650 1,021
Fine Gael Sean Tempany 531 545 548  
Electorate: 6,186   Valid: 4,518 (73.84%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 904   Turnout: 4,568  

Drumcliffe

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Drumcliffe: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Sen. Willie Farrell* 927 927 935 975              
Fine Gael Joe Leonard 747 751 768 791 794 796 927 951      
Fine Gael Ita Fox* 695 700 723 728 777 777 819 854 898 1,193  
Fianna Fáil John Mulrooney* 556 558 561 574 638 646 662 692 815 861 881
Independent Michael Carroll 509 511 520 537 542 544 551 678 699 748 823
Fianna Fáil Danny McHugh 443 445 457 466 509 510 521 555 683 726 754
Fine Gael Matt Lyons* 391 393 403 406 409 410 442 477 500    
Fianna Fáil Kevin Gilbride 324 327 329 335 356 361 380 394      
Labour Stephen McDonagh 269 280 309 326 334 335 354        
Fine Gael John Watters 256 256 259 303 305 313          
Fianna Fáil Jackie McGowan 204 205 205 206              
Independent Socialist John Harrison 175 191 200                
Labour Anne Gilmartin 121 129                  
Independent Socialist Pat Fallon 62                    
Electorate: 9,142   Valid: 5,679 (63.5%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 947   Turnout: 5,805  

Sligo

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Sligo: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Socialist Declan Bree* 960              
Fianna Fáil Seán McManus* 847              
Fine Gael Peter Henry 451 468 472 564 585 616 943  
Fianna Fáil Hugh Glynn 412 429 441 451 475 572 617 648
Labour Tommy Higgins* 399 444 449 468 573 622 682 779
Fine Gael Imelda Allingham 387 399 401 474 494 506    
Fianna Fáil Bill Monaghan 365 389 410 428 478 652 684 712
Fianna Fáil Roddy McGuinn 355 373 384 390 434      
Sinn Féin Seán MacManus 321 349 351 357        
Fine Gael Paul Dunleavy 223 236 238          
Electorate: 7,969   Valid: 4,720 (60.48%)   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 787   Turnout: 4,820  

Tubbercurry

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Tubbercurry: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Matt Brennan TD* 1,090        
Independent Margaret Gormley* 831 845 912 940 1,011
Fine Gael Joe Cawley* 710 741 756 824 1,094
Fianna Fáil Aidan Colleary 645 685 756 942 1,030
Fine Gael Gerry Murray* 503 505 618 629 691
Fine Gael Tommy O'Hara 447 452 455 526  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Walsh 331 345 386    
Fianna Fáil Robert Taylor 304 315      
Electorate: 5,914   Valid: 4,861 (82.97%)   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 973   Turnout: 4,907  

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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  • 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.
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