1985 Longford County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections June 2023 June 2023 1985 Longford County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Longford County Council election 1979 1991 Longford County Council election 1991 All 21 seats on Longford County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 10 +2 Fine Gael 9 - Independent politician (Ireland) 2 - Sinn Féin 0 -2 Longford in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Longford County Council Council control Council control after election 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.Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 1990 104 si 30 April 1990 Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil10+27,72146.18 Fine Gael9-6,39338.24 Independent politician (Ireland)2-1,96111.73 Sinn Féin0-26453.86Totals21-16,720100.00— Results by local electoral area Ballinalee Ballinalee: 4 seats 5 Fianna Fáil James Coyle 839 26.4%         Fianna Fáil Michael Doherty 733 23.06%         Fine Gael Pat Stenson 537 16.9% 556 567 627 687 Fine Gael Andy Dalton 445 14% 464 478 546 572 Independent politician (Ireland) Bertie Moorhead 302 9.5% 326 338 370   Fine Gael Kathleen Murray 161 5.07% 175 179     Fianna Fáil Gerry Nevin 161 5.07% 288 344 353 427 5 4,279 3,178 (74.27%) 636 Ballymahon Ballymahon: 6 seats 7 Fine Gael James Bannon 712 14.45%             Fianna Fáil Barney Steele 706 14.33%             Fine Gael Louis J. Belton 579 11.75% 618 628 758       Fianna Fáil James Dowler 556 11.28% 557 559 588 636 644 647 Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Brennan 488 9.9% 508 559 607 544 654 660 Fine Gael Adrian Farrell 457 9.28% 498 586 626 695 730   Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell 454 9.21% 499 541 547 674 675 676 Fianna Fáil Lorcan Connaughton 270 5.48% 276 317 332       Fine Gael Bernard Hackett 265 5.38% 291 293         Independent politician (Ireland) Tom Farrell 234 4.75% 258           Fine Gael John Farrell 206 4.18%             6 6,152 4,927 (80.09%) 704 Drumlish Drumlish: 3 seats 3 Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire 853 32.68%     Fine Gael Gerry Brady 796 30.5%     Fianna Fáil Seán Mulleady 506 19.39% 644 704 Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 455 17.43% 517 600 3 3,150 2,610 (82.86%) 653 Granard Granard: 3 seats 4 Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch 713 29.45%       Fianna Fáil Fintan Flood 587 24.25% 662     Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin 554 22.88% 567 567 606 Fine Gael James Reilly 329 13.59% 338 348 362 Fine Gael Matt Murtagh 141 5.52% 148 153 169 Sinn Féin Liam Browne 97 4.01% 100 117   4 3,163 2,421 (76.54%) 606 Longford Longford- 5 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Peter Kelly 764 21.32%                 Fine Gael Seamous Finnan 535 14.93% 544 552 571 588 685       Independent politician (Ireland) Peter Murphy 522 14.56% 538 551 562 583 639       Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Nevin 415 11.58% 434 462 476 498 522 525 541 545 Fine Gael Peter Clarke 347 9.68% 366 369 385 400 533 612     Fine Gael Philo Kelly 329 9.18% 342 345 370 381         Fianna Fáil Noel McGeeney 254 7.09% 291 304 352 471 518 522 542 552 Fianna Fáil Michael Brewster 163 4.55% 184 191             Fianna Fáil Tony Egan 162 4.52% 192 201 248           Sinn Féin Seamus McDonnell 93 2.59% 95               9 5,154 3,584 (69.54%) 598 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 2 March 2016 Official publications Pl.3578 1986 Stationery Office Dublin PDF Longford Category:Longford County Council elections