1985 Longford County Council election

1985 Longford County Council election
20 June 1985
All 21 seats on Longford County Council
	Map showing the area of Longford County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Longford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 21 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	+2	7,721	46.18
	Fine Gael	9	-	6,393	38.24
	Independent	2	-	1,961	11.73
	Sinn Féin	0	-2	645	3.86
Totals		21	-	16,720	100.00	—

Ballinalee: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	James Coyle	26.4%	839
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Doherty	23.06%	733
	Fine Gael	Pat Stenson	16.9%	537	556	567	627	687
	Fine Gael	Andy Dalton	14%	445	464	478	546	572
	Independent	Bertie Moorhead	9.5%	302	326	338	370
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Murray	5.07%	161	175	179
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Nevin	5.07%	161	288	344	353	427
Electorate: 4,279 Valid: 3,178 (74.27%) Quota: 636

Ballymahon: 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	James Bannon	14.45%	712
	Fianna Fáil	Barney Steele	14.33%	706
	Fine Gael	Louis J. Belton	11.75%	579	618	628	758
	Fianna Fáil	James Dowler	11.28%	556	557	559	588	636	644	647
	Independent	Michael Brennan	9.9%	488	508	559	607	544	654	660
	Fine Gael	Adrian Farrell	9.28%	457	498	586	626	695	730
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Farrell	9.21%	454	499	541	547	674	675	676
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Connaughton	5.48%	270	276	317	332
	Fine Gael	Bernard Hackett	5.38%	265	291	293
	Independent	Tom Farrell	4.75%	234	258
	Fine Gael	John Farrell	4.18%	206
Electorate: 6,152 Valid: 4,927 (80.09%) Quota: 704

Drumlish: 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Luie McEntire	32.68%	853
	Fine Gael	Gerry Brady	30.5%	796
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Mulleady	19.39%	506	644	704
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	17.43%	455	517	600
Electorate: 3,150 Valid: 2,610 (82.86%) Quota: 653

Granard: 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lynch	29.45%	713
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Flood	24.25%	587	662
	Fine Gael	Maura Kilbride-Harkin	22.88%	554	567	567	606
	Fine Gael	James Reilly	13.59%	329	338	348	362
	Fine Gael	Matt Murtagh	5.52%	141	148	153	169
	Sinn Féin	Liam Browne	4.01%	97	100	117
Electorate: 3,163 Valid: 2,421 (76.54%) Quota: 606

Longford- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly	21.32%	764
	Fine Gael	Seamous Finnan	14.93%	535	544	552	571	588	685
	Independent	Peter Murphy	14.56%	522	538	551	562	583	639
	Independent	Michael Nevin	11.58%	415	434	462	476	498	522	525	541	545
	Fine Gael	Peter Clarke	9.68%	347	366	369	385	400	533	612
	Fine Gael	Philo Kelly	9.18%	329	342	345	370	381
	Fianna Fáil	Noel McGeeney	7.09%	254	291	304	352	471	518	522	542	552
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Brewster	4.55%	163	184	191
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Egan	4.52%	162	192	201	248
	Sinn Féin	Seamus McDonnell	2.59%	93	95
Electorate: 5,154 Valid: 3,584 (69.54%) Quota: 598

↑ 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.