1985 Roscommon County Council election

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1985 Roscommon County Council election
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 197920 June 1985 1991  

All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won1385
Seat change+1-4+4

 Fourth party
 
Party Sinn Féin
Seats won0
Seat change-1

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Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

Council control after election

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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. [1]

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 13+113,23044.86
Fine Gael 8-410,64836.10
Independent 5+44,66115.80
Sinn Féin 0-19483.21
Totals26-29,495100.00

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone: 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Fianna Fáil Michael Finneran *1,522    
Fine Gael Liam Naughten TD*1,379    
Independent Patrick Lenihan*1,274    
Fianna Fáil Jim Morris448825 870 905 1,091
Fine Gael John Joe Grenham*387437 627 840 884
Fine Gael Willie Nestor208259 359   
Electorate: 6,686  Valid: 5,218 (78.79%)  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 1,044  Turnout: 5,268  

    Ballaghadreen

    Ballaghadreen: 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fine Gael Sen. John Connor 881    
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Dooney*795806 951  
    Fine Gael Michael Scally636793 819 821 832
    Fianna Fáil Paul Lynch633656 762 833 834
    Independent Tom McGarry*568652 818 830 834
    Fianna Fáil Hubert Maxwell479508    
    Fine Gael Michael Gilligan*332    
    Electorate: 6,498  Valid: 4,325 (67.04%)  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 866  Turnout: 4,356  

      Boyle

      Boyle: 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Fianna Fáil Sean Doherty TD*1,263      
      Fianna Fáil Sean McQuaid652758 797 843 977  
      Fianna Fáil Colm O'Donnell*595696 718 765 862 926 
      Fine Gael Thomas Egan*574595 705 748 760 761 830
      Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins514528 573 619 624 625 680
      Fine Gael Charles Duignan*500523 557 575 606 608 909
      Fine Gael John Beirne*444458 480 499 579 579  
      Fianna Fáil Timothy Cooney327379 383 421    
      Sinn Féin Kevin Earley296310 319     
      Fine Gael Connie Fallon283292      
      Electorate: 7,103  Valid: 5,448 (77.64%)  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 909  Turnout: 5,515  

        Castlerea

        Castlerea: 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent Patrick Moylan*714755 845    
        Fine Gael Michael McGreal579601 625 634 691 711 713
        Independent Paddy Concannon *550553 556 556 668 780 837
        Fine Gael Tom Callaghan*526528 528 529 588 657 681
        Independent Tony Waldron473481 489 493    
        Fianna Fáil John Costello*443446 516 528 665 957 
        Fianna Fáil Liam Satchwell429434 498 503 579   
        Fianna Fáil Gerard Regan263271      
        Independent Michael Mitchell96      
        Electorate: 5,412  Valid: 4,074 (76.07%)  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 815  Turnout: 4,117  

          Roscommon

          Roscommon: 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden TD*1,101     
          Independent Eithne Quinn986     
          Fianna Fáil Anthony Murray609655 670 756 824 930
          Fianna Fáil Des Bruen*549632 654 786 806 830
          Fine Gael Patrick Walshe*515529 549 580 722 901
          Fine Gael John T. Kirwan446453 464 473 526  
          Fine Gael Tom Hunt*402418 433 472 581 742
          Fianna Fáil Seamus Keane382394 403 429   
          Fianna Fáil Seamus McDermott316359 367    
          Electorate: 7,607  Valid: 5,312 (70.28%)  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 886  Turnout: 5,346  

            Strokestown

            Strokestown- 4 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            Fianna Fáil Sen. Brian Mullooly *1,259    
            Fine Gael Seán Beirne773765 831 1,054 
            Fine Gael Seamus Scott*674683 801 925 961
            Sinn Féin Dermot Mullooly*652698 799 881 917
            Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy 632729 975 1,130 
            Fine Gael Frank Curley629637 652   
            Fianna Fáil Sean Neary533582    
            Electorate: 6,498  Valid: 5,118 (79.32%)  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 1,024  Turnout: 5,154  

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