1985 Carlow County Council election

1985 Carlow County Council election
All 21 seats on Carlow County Council
	Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control before election; Fine Gael/Labour;	Council control after election ; Fine Gael/Labour;

An election to all 21 seats on Carlow 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.^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+2	7,567	44.31
	Fine Gael	7	-2	5,061	29.64
	Labour	3	0	3,191	18.69
	Independent	1	0	993	5.81
Total		21	0	17,077	100.00	—

Borris: 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Michael Meaney*		1,063
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Kinsella		598	670	742
	Fine Gael	Cyril Hughes		500	607	865
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Murphy*		445	508	567	620
	Fianna Fáil	Richard O'Driscoll*		434	490	508	522
	Fine Gael	Margaret Kavanagh*		360	444
Electorate: 5,424 Valid: 3,400 (62.68%) Quota: 681

Carlow: 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Michael Kearns		699
	Fine Gael	Sen. John Browne*		690
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter*		618	623	625	630	658	673
	Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan TD*		543	546	547	550	568	574	574	592	642	713
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murnane		409	411	412	421	433	434	434	441	472	533	552	574	623
	Fine Gael	Carmel McDonnell*		379	384	392	394	403	429	430	447	454	466	469	522	545
	Fine Gael	Patrick Governey		367	370	376	380	388	416	421	433	441	461	464	517	533
	Fianna Fáil	James Brady		308	311	311	316	323	329	330	341	369	386	404	435	504
	Sinn Féin	Kieran Foley		265	266	266	282	286	297	298	321	326	331	333	361
	Labour	Cecil Whelan		220	223	224	241	243	252	253	278	284	296	300
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Nolan*		177	178	179	181	192	194	194	204	228
	Fianna Fáil	James Doyle		170	171	173	175	181	182	182	187
	Independent	George Russell		154	157	157	170	171	174	174
	Fianna Fáil	T.J. Byrne		111	112	112	113
	Fine Gael	Eileen Brophy		107	109	113	115	118
	Workers' Party	Margaret O'Brien		91	93	93
Electorate: 10,225 Valid: 5,308 (53.26%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 664 Turnout: 5,446

Muinebheag: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	John McNally*		864
	Labour	Jim Townsend*		727	734	758
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Nevin*		492	496	515	517	541	568	578	695	784
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Nolan		414	418	434	434	448	575	584	641	883
	Fine Gael	Mary McDonald*		360	361	367	367	401	422	525	564	578	596	607
	Fianna Fáil	Donie Nolan		318	325	327	327	332	363	376	423
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Cullen		288	289	292	292	298	320	331
	Fine Gael	Kay Brophy		272	273	276	277	302	309
	Fine Gael	Joe Manning*		250	253	264	265	369	387	529	548	569	588	592
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur McDonald		247	256	270	270	292
	Fine Gael	Denis Foley		232	237	250	251
	Independent	John Curran		49
Electorate: 6,439 Valid: 4,513 (71.28%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 753 Turnout: 4,590

Tullow: 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering*		730
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur Kennedy*		681
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Bolger*		567	579	599	653
	Fianna Fáil	John Pender		558	561	568	656
	Fine Gael	Brendan Brophy*		448	481	484	500	596
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Toole*		366	394	397	405	535
	Labour	Michael Hickey		317	327	329	346
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Gallagher		189	190	193
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,856 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 643 Turnout: 3,910

^ 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.