1985 Galway County Council election

1985 Galway County Council election
All 30 seats on Galway County Council
	Map showing the area of Galway County Council
	Council control after election; Fianna Fail;

Last updated March 10, 2024

An election to Galway County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five 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	17	+2	32,716	54.47
	Fine Gael	9	-2	16,828	28.02
	Sinn Féin	1	-1	2,682	4.47
	Independent	3	+1	7,190	11.97
	Labour	0	-1	124	0.21
Totals		30	-1	60,059	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt TD		2,368
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Callanan *		1,812	2,087
	Fine Gael	Michael Mullins		1,634	1,667	1,689	1,809	1,836	2,159
	Independent	Joe Brennan*		1,359	1,382	1,389	1,449	1,475	1,588	1,619	1,836
	Fianna Fáil	James Joyce*		1,181	1,227	1,292	1,304	1,516	1,577	1,587	2,044
	Fine Gael	Michael Conneely		714	730	737	768	864	958	1,168	1,196
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Sullivan		587	636	696	738	870	899	910
	Fine Gael	Liam Naughton		575	581	583	676	682
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Conroy		430	499	586	593
	Fine Gael	Sean Og Hurley		395	403	405
Electorate: 15,563 Valid: 11,055 (72.15%) Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,843 Turnout: 11,228

Connemara

Connemara: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas O'Connor*		1,842
	Fine Gael	John Mannion Jnr *		1,297	1,300	1,312	1,468	1,488	1,959
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O Moráin*		1,042	1,201	1,205	1,270	1,334	1,350	1,367	1,567
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Welby Snr*		1,005	1,016	1,026	1,030	1,034	1,158	1,216	1,534
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Bartley*		967	987	990	992	1,002	1,014	1,033	1,208
	Independent	Peadar Ó Tuathail		803	864	900	936	1,204	1,220	1,256	1,303
	Fianna Fáil	Éamon Ó Cuív		799	826	849	855	862	885	915
	Fine Gael	Paddy Clancy		596	597	609	686	695
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Moylette		373	376	380
	Independent	Noel Mac Donnchadha		368	385	405	428
	Independent	Seosadh Ó Maolaidh		114	116
	Independent	Christopher Walsh		18	18
Electorate: 15,670 Valid: 9,224 (59.85%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,538 Turnout: 9,378

Galway

Galway- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Sen. Mark Killilea Jnr *		1,917
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy TD*		1,776
	Fine Gael	Padraig McCormack *		1,027	1,404
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Ruane*		1,157	1,208	1,231	1,282	1,301	1,303
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy McHugh		1,153	1,419
	Fine Gael	Jarlath McDonagh		966	1,002	1,016	1,053	1,392	1,392
	Fianna Fáil	John Molloy		791	905	1,197	1,238	1,301	1,317
	Fine Gael	Liam MacCana		405	413	435	532
	Workers' Party	Colm Ó Donnchadha		271	275	299
Electorate: 17,220 Valid: 9,803 (57.55%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 9,910

Loughrea

Loughrea: 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Fahey TD*		2,389
	Fianna Fáil	Michael (Stroke) Fahy *		2,147
	Fine Gael	Sen. Ulick Burke		2,132
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy TD		1,635	1,708	1,727	1,729	1,736	1,750	1,785	1,829	2,033
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Murphy*		1,112	1,161	1,182	1,187	1,189	1,198	1,247	1,250	1,278	1,363	1,368
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Haverty*		992	1,069	1,087	1,089	1,097	1,112	1,139	1,294	1,372	1,411	1,420	1,705
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Loughnane		950	1,027	1,058	1,061	1,067	1,091	1,113	1,156	1,320	1,372	1,387	1,803
	Fine Gael	Martin Lynch*		854	859	863	876	886	896	916	1,014	1,097	1,486	1,488	1,772
	Independent	Norman Morgan		771	776	778	786	799	827	865	931
	Fine Gael	Enda O'Rourke		760	769	775	831	834	869	874	974	1,043
	Fine Gael	Joe Lambert		759	821	851	857	896	967	1,070	1,293	1,412	1,703	1,705	1,778
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn		747	748	748	751	793	796	801
	Sinn Féin	Michael Loughrey		380	398	405	409	410	436
	Workers' Party	Stan McEoin		246	257	265	285	286
	Labour	Peter O'Driscoll		124	126	127
Electorate: 22,507 Valid: 15,998 (71.81%) Spoilt: 165 Quota: 2,000 Turnout: 16,163

Tuam

Tuam: 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Joe Burke*		2,438
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey		1,960
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Finnegan*		1,533	1,646	1,724	1,742	1,984
	Fine Gael	Michael Ryan*		1,350	1,406	1,414	1,523	1,546	1,549	1,868
	Sinn Féin	Frank Glynn*		1,145	1,292	1,308	1,349	1,479	1,503	1,575	1,587	1,666	1,915
	Fine Gael	Tiernan Walsh		974	998	1,009	1,054	1,066	1,068	1,199	1,293	1,468	1,548
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Raftery		954	960	988	991	1,039	1,094	1,123	1,125	1,321	1,325
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Dunne		818	858	884	897	957	1,043	1,078	1,084	1,232	1,319
	Independent	Gerard Rushe		742	757	761	771	782	783	828	833
	Independent	Jarlath Keane		577	730	738	808	822	824	837	838	869
	Fine Gael	Jim Mannion		566	582	589	682	696	697
	Fianna Fáil	Clare Kilgarriff-Fitzgerald		556	584	610	630
	Fine Gael	Niall Joyce		364	456	458
Electorate: 22,507 Valid: 13,979 (71.3%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,748 Turnout: 14,160

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References

↑ 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 .

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[1] 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 .

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