# 1985 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 11 | +1 | 12,670 | 45.60 | |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | -2 | 10,538 | 37.93 | |
| | Independent Socialist | 1 | - | 1,197 | 4.31 | |
| | Labour | 1 | - | 789 | 2.84 | |
| | Independent | 3 | +1 | 2,269 | 8.17 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | - | 26,689 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymote

Ballymote: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Lavin* | | 943 | 950 | 1,056 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Conlon* | | 908 | 917 | 944 | 956 | 1,144 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Carty | | 749 | 775 | 779 | 780 | 806 | 809 | 813 | 913 | 944 | 968 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Deignan* | | 712 | 715 | 719 | 720 | 785 | 802 | 890 | 960 | 1,059 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Conlon* | | 632 | 635 | 636 | 676 | 670 | 698 | 725 | 762 | 801 | 816 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sherlock | | 608 | 690 | 698 | 699 | 707 | 708 | 740 | 855 | 886 | 901 |
| | Fine Gael | Tony McLoughlin* | | 607 | 625 | 639 | 645 | 699 | 750 | 753 | 904 | 1,096 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Shannon* | | 565 | 568 | 574 | 577 | 580 | 580 | 736 | 828 | 971 | 988 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josie Devaney | | 548 | 554 | 559 | 560 | 564 | 568 | 608 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Scanlon | | 495 | 498 | 524 | 530 | 535 | 535 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Cogan | | 411 | 413 | 433 | 437 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Perry | | 378 | 389 | 442 | 461 | 504 | 543 | 707 | 726 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Neil Henry | | 270 | 278 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Kevin Lee | | 180 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,372 Valid: 8,006 (77.82%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,001 Turnout: 8,071 ||||||||||||||

### Dromore

Dromore: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Conmy* | | 1,236 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Conway* | | 952 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus O'Dowd | | 780 | 886 | 917 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Syl Mulligan | | 575 | 584 | 595 | 700 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Kivlehan* | | 512 | 647 | 650 | 1,021 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Tempany | | 531 | 545 | 548 | |
| Electorate: 6,186 Valid: 4,518 (73.84%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 904 Turnout: 4,568 ||||||||

### Drumcliffe

Drumcliffe: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Willie Farrell* | | 927 | 927 | 935 | 975 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Leonard | | 747 | 751 | 768 | 791 | 794 | 796 | 927 | 951 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ita Fox* | | 695 | 700 | 723 | 728 | 777 | 777 | 819 | 854 | 898 | 1,193 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Mulrooney* | | 556 | 558 | 561 | 574 | 638 | 646 | 662 | 692 | 815 | 861 | 881 |
| | Independent | Michael Carroll | | 509 | 511 | 520 | 537 | 542 | 544 | 551 | 678 | 699 | 748 | 823 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Danny McHugh | | 443 | 445 | 457 | 466 | 509 | 510 | 521 | 555 | 683 | 726 | 754 |
| | Fine Gael | Matt Lyons* | | 391 | 393 | 403 | 406 | 409 | 410 | 442 | 477 | 500 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin Gilbride | | 324 | 327 | 329 | 335 | 356 | 361 | 380 | 394 | | | |
| | Labour | Stephen McDonagh | | 269 | 280 | 309 | 326 | 334 | 335 | 354 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Watters | | 256 | 256 | 259 | 303 | 305 | 313 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jackie McGowan | | 204 | 205 | 205 | 206 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | John Harrison | | 175 | 191 | 200 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anne Gilmartin | | 121 | 129 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | Pat Fallon | | 62 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,142 Valid: 5,679 (63.5%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 947 Turnout: 5,805 |||||||||||||||

### Sligo

Sligo: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent Socialist | Declan Bree* | | 960 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McManus* | | 847 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Henry | | 451 | 468 | 472 | 564 | 585 | 616 | 943 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh Glynn | | 412 | 429 | 441 | 451 | 475 | 572 | 617 | 648 |
| | Labour | Tommy Higgins* | | 399 | 444 | 449 | 468 | 573 | 622 | 682 | 779 |
| | Fine Gael | Imelda Allingham | | 387 | 399 | 401 | 474 | 494 | 506 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bill Monaghan | | 365 | 389 | 410 | 428 | 478 | 652 | 684 | 712 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roddy McGuinn | | 355 | 373 | 384 | 390 | 434 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus | | 321 | 349 | 351 | 357 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Dunleavy | | 223 | 236 | 238 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,969 Valid: 4,720 (60.48%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,820 ||||||||||||

### Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matt Brennan TD* | | 1,090 | | | | |
| | Independent | Margaret Gormley* | | 831 | 845 | 912 | 940 | 1,011 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Cawley* | | 710 | 741 | 756 | 824 | 1,094 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Colleary | | 645 | 685 | 756 | 942 | 1,030 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Murray* | | 503 | 505 | 618 | 629 | 691 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy O'Hara | | 447 | 452 | 455 | 526 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Walsh | | 331 | 345 | 386 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robert Taylor | | 304 | 315 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,914 Valid: 4,861 (82.97%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 973 Turnout: 4,907 |||||||||