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Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Sinn Féin | 8 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 50.0 | 46.7 | 9,836 | 2.5 | |
| DUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.2 | 4,883 | 2.6 | |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 12.5 | 18.5 | 3,895 | 1.4 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 1,308 | 4.2 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 1,035 | 0.5 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 102 | 0.0 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | DUP | SDLP | UUP | Others | |||||||
| Magherafelt Town | 35.0 | 2 | 35.2 | 2 | 20.3 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Moyola | 48.6 | 3 | 23.8 | 1 | 11.6 | 0 | 9.4 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 56.6 | 3 | 10.8 | 1 | 22.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 46.7 | 8 | 23.2 | 4 | 18.5 | 2 | 6.2 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 16 |
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | William McCrea * | 31.69% | 2,286 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Peter Bateson | 17.61% | 1,270 | ||||||
| DUP | Paul McLean* | 3.47% | 250 | 1,395.76 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | George Shiels* | 9.58% | 691 | 773.88 | 1,124.12 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Sean McPeake | 11.73% | 846 | 846.56 | 846.78 | 927.15 | 927.15 | 1,300.15 | |
| SDLP | Jim Campbell | 12.99% | 937 | 941.48 | 949.84 | 959.34 | 1,009.5 | 1,034.37 | |
| SDLP | Brendan Scott | 7.26% | 524 | 525.12 | 528.42 | 532.79 | 574.97 | 604.03 | |
| Sinn Féin | Seamus O'Brien* | 5.67% | 409 | 409 | 409.44 | 553.84 | 554.03 | ||
| Electorate: 10,439 Valid: 7,213 (69.10%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,031 Turnout: 7,342 (70.33%) | |||||||||
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 23.84% | 1,557 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | James O'Neill* | 18.40% | 1,202 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Oliver Hughes* | 17.44% | 1,139 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Crawford | 9.45% | 617 | 889.49 | 889.49 | 1,229.49 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Ian Milne | 12.72% | 831 | 831.31 | 933.19 | 938.37 | 938.37 | 980.21 | |
| SDLP | Elizabeth Foster | 11.64% | 760 | 764.03 | 767.18 | 803.06 | 934.06 | 936.78 | |
| Independent | John Junkin* | 6.52% | 426 | 603.94 | 604.84 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,754 Valid: 6,532 (74.62%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 6,619 (75.61%) | |||||||||
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan * | 19.09% | 1,396 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Kathleen McEldowney | 15.52% | 1,135 | 1,139 | 1,233.2 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | John Kerr* | 15.27% | 1,117 | 1,123 | 1,159.48 | 1,607.48 | |||
| DUP | Anne Forde | 10.80% | 790 | 795 | 795.12 | 795.12 | 795.12 | 1,257.12 | |
| SDLP | Kathleen Lagan* | 13.66% | 999 | 1,036 | 1,043.08 | 1,044.88 | 1,136.88 | 1,203.88 | |
| SDLP | Hugh Kelly | 9.23% | 675 | 697 | 709.72 | 727.28 | 741.28 | 762.28 | |
| Independent | Robert Montgomery* | 8.33% | 609 | 615 | 616.2 | 618.2 | 623.2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Hugh Mullan* | 6.71% | 491 | 496 | 509.2 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 1.39% | 102 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,314 Valid: 7,314 (78.53%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,220 Turnout: 7,421 (79.68%) | |||||||||
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