1985 North Tipperary County Council election

An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 21 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]

1991 North Tipperary County Council election
20 June 1985
All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 6 1
Seat change +3 -2 -2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +3 15,818 52.78
Fine Gael 6 -2 8,736 29.15
Labour 1 -2 3,784 12.63
Independent 2 +1 1,649 5.5
Totals 21 - 28,588 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Borrisokane
Borrisokane: 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Jim Casey 1,089 1,094 1,120 1,174  
Fianna Fáil Michael Hough* 966 975 1,028 1,068 1,284
Fianna Fáil Tony McKenna* 876 888 931 957 1,325
Fine Gael Liam Whyte* 742 762 838 1,077 1,115
Fianna Fáil John Carroll 616 662 712 729  
Fine Gael Paddy Brennan 518 553 599 757 785
Fine Gael Gerard Darcy 461 502 554    
Labour Jim Hough 288 409      
Labour Maureen Carmody 277        
Electorate: 7,793   Valid: 5,833 (75.66%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 63   Turnout: 5,896  

    Nenagh-Newport
    Nenagh-Newport: 7 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour John Ryan TD* 1,243 1,270 1,295                
    Fianna Fáil Mairead Ryan 1,183 1,194 1,328                
    Fianna Fáil Tom Harrington* 1,056 1,066 1,130 1,161 1,182 1,190 1,191 1,438      
    Independent Joseph O'Connor* 946 949 959 1,034 1,090 1,092 1,093 1,130 1,133 1,287  
    Fianna Fáil John Sheehy* 792 793 843 865 928 945 948 1,055 1,112 1,523  
    Fine Gael Tom Ryan 770 773 775 860 899 899 899 916 917 1,005 1,030
    Fine Gael Tom Berkery* 739 751 757 815 953 954 955 1,007 1,013 1,046 1,062
    Fianna Fáil Ger Ryan* 690 693 718 782 789 792 792 852 909    
    Fine Gael Willie Kennedy 688 715 726 739 836 837 838 1,010 1,041 1,065 1,077
    Fianna Fáil Jacksie Ryan 677 680 717 727 767 780 785        
    Fine Gael Martin O'Sullivan 495 496 547 561              
    Fianna Fáil Ned Foley 429 430                  
    Labour Frank Lewis* 419 446 451                
    Labour Mary Brosnan 133                    
    Electorate: 13,646   Valid: 10,260 (76.13%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,283   Turnout: 10,389  

      Roscrea-Templemore
      Roscrea-Templemore: 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Smith* 1,948            
      Fianna Fáil Seán Mulrooney 1,071 1,344          
      Fianna Fáil John Egan* 1,035 1,337          
      Fine Gael Denis Ryan* 834 895 935 954 969 1,303  
      Fine Gael Denis Meagher 700 755 763 796 846 924 1,026
      Fine Gael John Butler 679 703 710 747 783 840 873
      Labour Tommy Shanahan* 560 603 651 659 731    
      Labour Kevin Devaney 178 200 204 217      
      Electorate: 9,696   Valid: 7,005 (73.08%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,168   Turnout: 7,086  

        Thurles
        Thurles: 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Fianna Fáil Jane Hanafin* 1,751        
        Fine Gael Michael Lowry* 1,542        
        Fianna Fáil Harry Ryan* 978 1,140 1,193    
        Independent Frank Dwan* 703 826 870 878 1,156
        Labour Andrew Callinan 686 747 795 807  
        Fianna Fáil Larry Looby 661 879 916 930 1,061
        Fine Gael Mae Quinn 568 609 805 818 1,020
        Electorate: 10,297   Valid: 6,871 (67.55%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,146   Turnout: 6,956  

          References
          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.
          • irishelectionliterature
          • Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "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" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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