1985 Roscommon County Council election

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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 Roscommon County Council election
20 June 1985
All 26 seats on 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
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

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 local electoral area

Athlone
Athlone: 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Fianna Fáil Michael Finneran* 1,522        
Fine Gael Liam Naughten TD* 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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fine Gael Sen. 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
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Fianna Fáil Sean Doherty TD* 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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden TD* 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
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            Fianna Fáil Sen. 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  

              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.
              • 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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