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1985 Cavan County Council election
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Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
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1985 Cavan County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Cavan County Council election 1979 1991 Cavan County Council election 1991 All 25 seats on Cavan County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 14 +2 Fine Gael 10 -1 Independent politician (Ireland) 1 - Sinn Féin 0 -1 Cavan in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Cavan County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fail
An election to all 25 seats on Cavan County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 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.Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 1990 104 si 30 April 1990
Results by party
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil14+214,75053.53 Fine Gael10-110,01936.36 Independent politician (Ireland)1-2,1677.86 Sinn Féin0-16202.25Totals25-27,556100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Bailieborough
Bailieborough: 7 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Michael Giles
1,260
16.79%
Fianna Fáil
Michael Smith
1,011
13.47%
Fianna Fáil
Clifford Kelly
867
11.55%
934
940
Independent politician (Ireland)
David Coleman
785
10.46%
800
802
824
854
926
948
Fianna Fáil
Turlough Smith
678
9.04%
780
815
827
855
873
888
Fianna Fáil
Francis McDermott
671
8.94%
742
754
784
806
830
843
Fine Gael
Denis Reynolds
643
8.57%
648
655
753
1,054
Fine Gael
Gerald Lynch
605
8.06%
651
652
822
1,005
Fine Gael
Mona Hoban
511
6.81%
517
525
623
Fine Gael
Justin Mackin
473
6.3%
482
483
7
10,982
7,504 (68.33%)
939
Ballyjamesduff
Ballyjamesduff: 6 seats
8
Fianna Fáil
Danny Brady
1023
15.72%
Fianna Fáil
John Lovett
807
12.4%
860
922
1124
Fine Gael
Robert Fausset
711
10.93%
712
719
763
778
951
Fine Gael
Dessie Boylan
697
10.71%
699
711
822
877
1157
Fine Gael
Paddy O'Reilly Jr.
677
10.4%
678
701
724
728
832
1036
Fianna Fáil
Seamus Lynch
646
9.93%
653
682
694
730
770
784
809
Fianna Fáil
Michael McGinn
629
9.67%
634
657
677
708
721
730
739
Fine Gael
Andy Cullen
587
9.02%
606
630
680
693
Independent politician (Ireland)
Patrick Reilly
454
6.98%
457
519
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joe Ennis
277
4.26%
279
8
9,252
6,508 (70.34%)
930
Belturbet
Belturbet: 5 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Anthony P. Vesey
1167
19.49%
Fianna Fáil
Sean Smith
1029
17.18%
Fine Gael
Joseph A. Maguire
831
13.88%
841
843
846
908
984
1041
Fine Gael
Eamonn Dolan
658
10.99%
666
671
674
748
949
1020
Fianna Fáil
Eddie Feeley
605
10.1%
626
632
703
706
796
893
Fianna Fáil
Seamus Dolan
503
8.4%
578
590
596
621
653
775
Sinn Féin
Peadar Neary
402
6.71%
427
430
552
562
572
Fine Gael
Desmond "Demmy" McGovern
354
5.91%
357
358
371
425
Fine Gael
Teddy Emery
222
3.71%
247
247
Sinn Féin
Peter McGovern
218
3.64%
219
2220
7
7,938
5,989 (75.45%)
999
Cavan
Cavan: 7 seats
6
Fianna Fáil
Veronica Sharkey
1065
14.1%
Fianna Fáil
Gerry Murray
1018
13.47%
Fine Gael
Andy O'Brien
909
12.03%
918
925
949
Fine Gael
Andrew Boylan
841
11.13%
844
845
865
1110
Fine Gael
Joe O'Reilly
754
9.98%
759
768
792
950
Fianna Fáil
Francis Smith
693
9.17%
718
734
864
897
932
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Conaty
662
8.76%
704
734
877
958
Independent politician (Ireland)
Charlie Boylan
651
8.62%
659
662
699
729
785
Fine Gael
Patrick O'Reilly
546
7.23%
552
553
588
Fianna Fáil
Mary Smith
416
5.51%
435
444
6
11,013
7,555 (68.6%)
945
References
Sources
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 http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL035931.pdf 10 June 2023 Official publications Pl.3578 1986 Stationery Office Dublin
Cavan
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