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All 25 seats on Cavan County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Cavan County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. [1]
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | +2 | 14,750 | 53.53 | ||
| Fine Gael | 10 | -1 | 10,019 | 36.36 | ||
| Independent | 1 | - | 2,167 | 7.86 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 0 | -1 | 620 | 2.25 | ||
| Totals | 25 | - | 27,556 | 100.00 | — | |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Giles | 16.79% | 1,260 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith | 13.47% | 1,011 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly | 11.55% | 867 | 934 | 940 | |||||
| Independent | David Coleman | 10.46% | 785 | 800 | 802 | 824 | 854 | 926 | 948 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Turlough Smith | 9.04% | 678 | 780 | 815 | 827 | 855 | 873 | 888 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Francis McDermott | 8.94% | 671 | 742 | 754 | 784 | 806 | 830 | 843 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Reynolds | 8.57% | 643 | 648 | 655 | 753 | 1,054 | |||
| Fine Gael | Gerald Lynch | 8.06% | 605 | 651 | 652 | 822 | 1,005 | |||
| Fine Gael | Mona Hoban | 6.81% | 511 | 517 | 525 | 623 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Justin Mackin | 6.3% | 473 | 482 | 483 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,982 Valid: 7,504 (68.33%) Quota: 939 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Danny Brady | 15.72% | 1023 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Lovett | 12.4% | 807 | 860 | 922 | 1124 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Robert Fausset | 10.93% | 711 | 712 | 719 | 763 | 778 | 951 | |||
| Fine Gael | Dessie Boylan | 10.71% | 697 | 699 | 711 | 822 | 877 | 1157 | |||
| Fine Gael | Paddy O'Reilly Jr. | 10.4% | 677 | 678 | 701 | 724 | 728 | 832 | 1036 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Lynch | 9.93% | 646 | 653 | 682 | 694 | 730 | 770 | 784 | 809 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael McGinn | 9.67% | 629 | 634 | 657 | 677 | 708 | 721 | 730 | 739 | |
| Fine Gael | Andy Cullen | 9.02% | 587 | 606 | 630 | 680 | 693 | ||||
| Independent | Patrick Reilly | 6.98% | 454 | 457 | 519 | ||||||
| Independent | Joe Ennis | 4.26% | 277 | 279 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,252 Valid: 6,508 (70.34%) Quota: 930 | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Anthony P. Vesey | 19.49% | 1167 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Sean Smith | 17.18% | 1029 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Joseph A. Maguire | 13.88% | 831 | 841 | 843 | 846 | 908 | 984 | 1041 | |
| Fine Gael | Eamonn Dolan | 10.99% | 658 | 666 | 671 | 674 | 748 | 949 | 1020 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Feeley | 10.1% | 605 | 626 | 632 | 703 | 706 | 796 | 893 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Dolan | 8.4% | 503 | 578 | 590 | 596 | 621 | 653 | 775 | |
| Sinn Féin | Peadar Neary | 6.71% | 402 | 427 | 430 | 552 | 562 | 572 | ||
| Fine Gael | Desmond "Demmy" McGovern | 5.91% | 354 | 357 | 358 | 371 | 425 | |||
| Fine Gael | Teddy Emery | 3.71% | 222 | 247 | 247 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Peter McGovern | 3.64% | 218 | 219 | 2220 | |||||
| Electorate: 7,938 Valid: 5,989 (75.45%) Quota: 999 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Veronica Sharkey | 14.1% | 1065 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Murray | 13.47% | 1018 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Andy O'Brien | 12.03% | 909 | 918 | 925 | 949 | |||
| Fine Gael | Andrew Boylan | 11.13% | 841 | 844 | 845 | 865 | 1110 | ||
| Fine Gael | Joe O'Reilly | 9.98% | 754 | 759 | 768 | 792 | 950 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Francis Smith | 9.17% | 693 | 718 | 734 | 864 | 897 | 932 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Conaty | 8.76% | 662 | 704 | 734 | 877 | 958 | ||
| Independent | Charlie Boylan | 8.62% | 651 | 659 | 662 | 699 | 729 | 785 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick O'Reilly | 7.23% | 546 | 552 | 553 | 588 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Smith | 5.51% | 416 | 435 | 444 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,013 Valid: 7,555 (68.6%) Quota: 945 | |||||||||
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