1985 Cavan County Council election

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.

1985 Cavan County Council election

20 June 1985
All 25 seats on Cavan County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Seats won 14 10 1 Seat change +2 -1 -   Fourth party   Party Sinn Féin Seats won 0 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Cavan County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

Results by party

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	—

Results by local electoral area

Bailieborough

Bailieborough: 7 seats

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

Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

Belturbet

Belturbet: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

Cavan

Cavan: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

References

Sources

• 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). Official publications. Vol. Pl.3578. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1986. Retrieved 10 June 2023.