1985 Leitrim County Council election

1985 Leitrim County Council election
20 June 1985
All 22 seats on Leitrim County Council
	Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 22 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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	-	7,731	45.31
	Fine Gael	8	-2	5,905	34.6
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	1,854	10.87
	Independent Fianna Fáil	1	+1	476	2.79
	Independent	1	-	1,096	6.42
Totals		22		17,062	100.00	—

Ballinamore: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds		834
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis TD*		733
	Sinn Féin	John Joe McGirl*		706
	Fianna Fáil	J.J. Shortt*		582	594	614	742
	Fine Gael	Tommy McCartin*		515	566	569	601	808
	Fine Gael	Damien Brennan*		473	497	499	504	598	708
	Fianna Fáil	Christy Gallogly		375	410	428	479	499	513
	Fine Gael	Brendan Grimes		299	326	327	374
	Fianna Fáil	John Reilly		265	266	271
Electorate: 5,568 Valid: 4,782 (86.4%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 684 Turnout: 4,811

Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Pascal McKeon*		793
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Guckian*		717
	Fine Gael	Jim Faughnan		522	582	598	640
	Fianna Fáil	Farrell McElgunn*		494	497	525	650
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry McGee		477	510	527	562	587
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan		383	418	421	432	664
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McGowan		363	380	391	429	449
	Fine Gael	John Maguire		338	340	344	386
	Sinn Féin	Martin McTiernan		322	335	343
Electorate: 5,484 Valid: 4,409 (81%) Spoilt: 33 Quota: 630 Turnout: 4,442

Dromahaire: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan*		662
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Mooney*		598	614	617	750
	Fine Gael	Jim McPadden		477	543	545	553	561	589
	Sinn Féin	Mel Farrell		472	501	504	537	548	704
	Fine Gael	Joseph McLoughlin*		379	472	474	480	485	590
	Fine Gael	P.J. Lynch*		361	376	376	462	482	504
	Fianna Fáil	Ben McKeon		324	329	331
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Dolan		307	342	350	408	472
	Fine Gael	Leo McHugh		269
Electorate: 4,713 Valid: 3,849 (82.3%) Spoilt: 30 Quota: 642 Turnout: 3,879

Manorhamilton: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Ferguson*		899
	Fianna Fáil	Aodh Flynn*		662	721
	Fine Gael	Charles Cullen*		480	497	500	533	629	705
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Larry McGowan*		476	504	513	521	579	750
	Fine Gael	Stanley Trotter		401	411	414	472	503	529	545	562
	Sinn Féin	Michael Colreavy		354	374	376	389	445
	Independent	John Cullen		303	335	337	361
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gallagher*		273	325	355	399	483	539	575	592
	Fine Gael	Don Daly		174	184	185
Electorate: 5,074 Valid: 4,022 (79.94%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 671 Turnout: 4,056

^ 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.

"Old Local Election Results". www.irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
"Leitrim County Council (Ballinamore) 1985 Local Election". www.irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

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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.