1985 Roscommon County Council election

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1985 Roscommon County Council election
←  20 June 1985 1991 →
All 26 seats to Roscommon County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 13 8 5
Seat change +1 -4 +4
  Fourth party
 
Party Sinn Féin
Seats won 0
Seat change -1
Roscommon in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 13 +1 13,230 44.86
Fine Gael 8 -4 10,648 36.10
Independent 5 +4 4,661 15.8
Sinn Féin 0 -1 948 3.21
Totals 26 - 29,495 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Athlone[]

Athlone - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Michael Finneran* 1,522        
Fine Gael Liam NaughtenTD* 1,379        
Independent Patrick Lenihan* 1,274        
Fianna Fáil Jim Morris 448 825 870 905 1,091
Fine Gael John Joe Grenham* 387 437 627 840 884
Fine Gael Willie Nestor 208 259 359    
Electorate: 6,686   Valid: 5,218 (78.79%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,044   Turnout: 5,268

Ballaghadreen[]

Ballaghadreen - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Senator John Connor 881        
Fianna Fáil Patrick Dooney* 795 806 951    
Fine Gael Michael Scally 636 793 819 821 832
Fianna Fáil Paul Lynch 633 656 762 833 834
Independent Tom McGarry* 568 652 818 830 834
Fianna Fáil Hubert Maxwell 479 508      
Fine Gael Michael Gilligan* 332        
Electorate: 6,498   Valid: 4,325 (67.04%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 866   Turnout: 4,356

Boyle[]

Boyle - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Sean DohertyTD* 1,263            
Fianna Fáil Sean McQuaid 652 758 797 843 977    
Fianna Fáil Colm O'Donnell* 595 696 718 765 862 926  
Fine Gael Thomas Egan* 574 595 705 748 760 761 830
Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins 514 528 573 619 624 625 680
Fine Gael Charles Duignan* 500 523 557 575 606 608 909
Fine Gael John Beirne* 444 458 480 499 579 579  
Fianna Fáil Timothy Cooney 327 379 383 421      
Sinn Féin Kevin Earley 296 310 319        
Fine Gael Connie Fallon 283 292          
Electorate: 7,103   Valid: 5,448 (77.64%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 909   Turnout: 5,515

Castlerea[]

Castlerea - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Patrick Moylan* 714 755 845        
Fine Gael Michael McGreal 579 601 625 634 691 711 713
Independent Paddy Concannon* 550 553 556 556 668 780 837
Fine Gael Tom Callaghan* 526 528 528 529 588 657 681
Independent Tony Waldron 473 481 489 493      
Fianna Fáil John Costello* 443 446 516 528 665 957  
Fianna Fáil Liam Satchwell 429 434 498 503 579    
Fianna Fáil Gerard Regan 263 271          
Independent Michael Mitchell 96            
Electorate: 5,412   Valid: 4,074 (76.07%)   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 815   Turnout: 4,117

Roscommon[]

Roscommon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Terry LeydenTD* 1,101          
Independent Eithne Quinn 986          
Fianna Fáil Anthony Murray 609 655 670 756 824 930
Fianna Fáil Des Bruen* 549 632 654 786 806 830
Fine Gael Patrick Walshe* 515 529 549 580 722 901
Fine Gael John T. Kirwan 446 453 464 473 526  
Fine Gael Tom Hunt* 402 418 433 472 581 742
Fianna Fáil Seamus Keane 382 394 403 429    
Fianna Fáil Seamus McDermott 316 359 367      
Electorate: 7,607   Valid: 5,312 (70.28%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 886   Turnout: 5,346

Strokestown[]

Strokestown- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Senator Brian Mullooly* 1,259        
Fine Gael Seán Beirne 773 765 831 1,054  
Fine Gael Seamus Scott* 674 683 801 925 961
Sinn Féin Dermot Mullooly* 652 698 799 881 917
Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy 632 729 975 1,130  
Fine Gael Frank Curley 629 637 652    
Fianna Fáil Sean Neary 533 582      
Electorate: 6,498   Valid: 5,118 (79.32%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,024   Turnout: 5,154

External links[]

  • Official website[permanent dead link]
  • Irishelectionliterature
  • Department of the Environment, Ireland (2010-01-28). "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 2019-10-28.
Preceded by
Roscommon County Council election, 1979 		Succeeded by
1991 Roscommon County Council election
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