1985 Roscommon County Council election

Part of the 1985 Irish local elections April 2022 1985 Roscommon County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1979 Roscommon County Council election 1979 1991 Roscommon County Council election 1991 All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council 20 June 1985 Fianna Fáil 13 +1 Fine Gael 8 -4 Sinn Féin 0 -1 Independent politician (Ireland) 5 +4 Roscommon in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council Council control Council control after 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.Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 1990 104 si 30 April 1990 Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil13+113,23044.86 Fine Gael8-410,64836.10 Independent politician (Ireland)5+44,66115.80 Sinn Féin0-19483.21Totals26-29,495100.00— Results by local electoral area Athlone Athlone: 4 seats 5 Fianna Fáil Michael Finneran* 1,522         Fine Gael Liam Naughten TD* 1,379         Independent politician (Ireland) 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     5 6,686 5,218 (78.79%) 50 1,044 5,268 Ballaghadreen Ballaghadreen: 4 seats 5 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 politician (Ireland) Tom McGarry* 568 652 818 830 834 Fianna Fáil Hubert Maxwell 479 508       Fine Gael Michael Gilligan* 332         5 6,498 4,325 (67.04%) 31 866 4,356 Boyle Boyle: 5 seats 7 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           7 7,103 5,448 (77.64%) 67 909 5,515 Castlerea Castlerea: 4 seats 7 Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Moylan* 714 755 845         Fine Gael Michael McGreal 579 601 625 634 691 711 713 Independent politician (Ireland) Paddy Concannon* 550 553 556 556 668 780 837 Fine Gael Tom Callaghan* 526 528 528 529 588 657 681 Independent politician (Ireland) 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 politician (Ireland) Michael Mitchell 96             7 5,412 4,074 (76.07%) 43 815 4,117 Roscommon Roscommon: 5 seats 6 Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden TD* 1,101           Independent politician (Ireland) 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       6 7,607 5,312 (70.28%) 34 886 5,346 Strokestown Strokestown- 4 seats 5 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       5 6,498 5,118 (79.32%) 36 1,024 5,154 References External links Official websiteJuly 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Irishelectionliterature http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL035931.pdf Department of the Environment, Ireland 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 Department of the Environment 2010-01-28 2019-10-28 Roscommon Category:Roscommon County Council elections