1985 Laois County Council election

An election to Laois County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local election. 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]

1985 Laois County Council election
20 June 1985
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 14 9 1
Seat change +3 -3 -1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 14 +3 11,989 50.33
Fine Gael 9 -3 8,513 35.74
Labour 1 -1 1,446 6.07
Independent 1 +1 1,873 7.86
Totals 25 - 23,219 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Borris-in-Ossory
Borris-in-Ossory: 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Fianna Fáil Liam HylandTD* 1,479                  
Independent Jimmy Kelly* 837 873                
Fine Gael William Mansfield* 712 744 745 800 845 850 854      
Fine Gael Sean Jacob* 589 654 655 657 749 751 835 914    
Fine Gael Jim Phelan* 508 528 529 530 571 572 582 664 785 829
Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan 390 460 466 493 536 537 569 641 735 737
Labour Larry Kavanagh 377 395 402 405 500 501 511      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Phelan* 369 446 447 527 528 531 651 665 723 725
Fianna Fáil Thomas Fennelly 356 421 423 441 446 447 533 552    
Fine Gael Brendan Dunne 349 362 368 373            
Fianna Fáil Eddie Kirwan 326 386 387 435 465 470 530 649 821 824
Fianna Fáil Eamon Rafter* 313 411 412 428 433 433        
Fianna Fáil Martin Keane 193 260 262              
Independent Brendan Clear 31 35                
Electorate: 9,808   Valid: 6,829 (70.01%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 854   Turnout: 6,867  

    Emo
    Emo- 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin 691 700 729 903  
    Fianna Fáil Michael Nerney* 684 716 741 852  
    Fine Gael Jim Buggie* 553 624 711 718 725
    Labour Ned Kelly* 456 593 626 698 747
    Fianna Fáil Don Cunningham 377 383 394    
    Fine Gael Mary Lewis 369 387 495 513 521
    Fine Gael John O'Reilly* 296 298      
    Labour Frank Byrne 279        
    Electorate: 6,146   Valid: 3,705 (60.93%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 742   Turnout: 3,745  

      Luggacurren
      Luggacurren- 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Fianna Fáil Martin Rohan* 668 674 681 681 712 775 785
      Fianna Fáil James Cooney* 649 679 695 708 927    
      Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley 556 572 593 610 718 760 862
      Fianna Fáil Liam Doran 369 373 386 439      
      Independent William Fleming* 366 408 436 450 455 458  
      Independent John Daly* 363 403 443 458 489 496 683
      Fine Gael Sen. Charles McDonald* 338 357 432 649 674 680 755
      Fine Gael John Gaffney 267 282 347        
      Fine Gael John Moran 240 271          
      Labour Tony O'Brien 211            
      Electorate: 5,915   Valid: 4,027 (63.13%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 806   Turnout: 4,068  

        Portlaoise
        Portlaoise: 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Fianna Fáil Joe Dunne* 907          
        Fine Gael Tom Keenan* 750          
        Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 564 639 669 678 813  
        Fine Gael William Aird 549 563 581 654 690 763
        Fianna Fáil John Hosey* 471 483 490 568 621 674
        Fine Gael Joe Carroll* 395 401 413 439 457 552
        Independent Joe McCormack 256 267 312 329 359  
        Fianna Fáil Tom Jacob 228 269 278 280    
        Fine Gael Michael Dea 196 197 213      
        Labour Tom Phelan 123 125        
        Independent Patrick Larkin 20 21        
        Electorate: 7,056   Valid: 4,459 (63.79%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 744   Turnout: 4,501  

          Tinnahinch
          Tinnahinch- 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Fianna Fáil John Moloney 1,279              
          Fine Gael Oliver J. FlanaganTD* 728 779 918          
          Fine Gael David Goodwin* 485 508 562 624 645 650 898  
          Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 478 491 506 522 545 555 658 739
          Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald 473 660 685 698 928      
          Fine Gael Denis Feighery 440 449 488 499 516 522    
          Fianna Fáil Joe Digan 378 425 447 453 510 616 727 743
          Fine Gael Noel Deffew 271 330            
          Fianna Fáil Donal McCormack 269 358 367 372        
          Electorate: 6,332   Valid: 4,801 (76.58%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 801   Turnout: 4,849  

            References
            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.
            • 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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