# 1985 Limerick Corporation election

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 17 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.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | +1 | 7,246 | 34.25 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | -1 | 5,905 | 27.91 | |
| | Democratic Socialist | 3 | +3 | 3,141 | 14.85 | |
| | Labour | 1 | -3 | 2,477 | 11.71 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 1,474 | 6.97 | |
| Totals | Totals | 17 | 0 | 21,155 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Limerick Ward 1

Limerick Ward 1: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Democratic Socialist | Tim O'Driscoll | | 808 | 875 | 907 | 917 | 953 | 983 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Quinn* | | 794 | 836 | 866 | 900 | 1,314 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Leddin | | 711 | 719 | 784 | 1,046 | | |
| | Labour | Frank Prendergast TD* | | 591 | 625 | 663 | 764 | 859 | 948 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Bromell* | | 579 | 625 | 649 | 664 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eileen Silke | | 544 | 554 | 609 | 769 | 816 | 875 |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | | 522 | 525 | 606 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Rosarie Moylan | | 325 | 336 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Buckley | | 104 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Maria Collins | | 86 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Collette Moloney | | 45 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,841 Valid: 5,109 (58.34%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 5,158 ||||||||||

### Limerick Ward 2

Limerick Ward 2: 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Gus O'Driscoll* | | 1,083 | 1,115 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Jan O'Sullivan | | 759 | 770 | 950 | 950 | 1,042 | 1,088 | 1,107 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Kiely | | 667 | 693 | 719 | 721 | 740 | 874 | 926 | 949 | 950 | 974 | 975 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Madden* | | 649 | 661 | 670 | 672 | 698 | 743 | 800 | 919 | 919 | 1,169 | |
| | Labour | Mick Lipper* | | 582 | 650 | 677 | 684 | 720 | 786 | 801 | 856 | 858 | 921 | 935 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kiely* | | 513 | 519 | 525 | 526 | 545 | 558 | 597 | 677 | 678 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Larry Cross | | 407 | 408 | 416 | 417 | 448 | 489 | 631 | 686 | 692 | 947 | 1,012 |
| | Fine Gael | Ralph O'Brien | | 358 | 360 | 366 | 368 | 378 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Cronin | | 344 | 351 | 365 | 365 | 382 | 386 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Daniel Powell | | 340 | 375 | 381 | 382 | 401 | 406 | 435 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Des Long | | 588 | 342 | 351 | 354 | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Eleanor Goodison | | 293 | 304 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Martin Vaughan | | 178 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Powell | | 72 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,862 Valid: 6,567 (56.16%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 6,662 |||||||||||||||

### Limerick Ward 3

Limerick Ward 3: 4 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 |
| | Democratic Socialist | Jim Kemmy* | | 1,281 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Harrington | | 589 | 667 | 687 | 712 | 801 | 819 | 1,019 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Bourke* | | 489 | 509 | 514 | 558 | 577 | 583 | 597 | 603 | 867 | 918 |
| | Labour | Frank Leddin* | | 452 | 501 | 504 | 512 | 525 | 545 | 569 | 585 | 626 | 723 |
| | Fine Gael | Ger Fahy | | 448 | 471 | 474 | 478 | 491 | 612 | 635 | 641 | 665 | 864 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter O'Flaherty | | 371 | 396 | 401 | 406 | 417 | 456 | 490 | 502 | 529 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Flannery | | 346 | 375 | 380 | 422 | 432 | 443 | 461 | 465 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Sean Griffin | | 290 | 322 | 341 | 347 | 370 | 379 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Shaun Elder | | 208 | 226 | 231 | 235 | 239 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dan Greaney | | 177 | 190 | 196 | 203 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernie Meade | | 143 | 152 | 152 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Clancy | | 76 | 86 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,632 Valid: 4,870 (57.29%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 975 Turnout: 4,945 ||||||||||||||

### Limerick Ward 4

Limerick Ward 4: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Kennedy* | | 1,019 | | | | |
| | Independent | Win Harrington* | | 809 | 825 | 867 | 909 | 969 |
| | Fine Gael | Bobby Byrne* | | 738 | 782 | 898 | 924 | |
| | Labour | Tommy Allen* | | 557 | 567 | 624 | 639 | 676 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Connor | | 536 | 541 | 559 | 678 | 1,047 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Billy Barry | | 371 | 374 | 385 | 516 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Clem Casey* | | 327 | 331 | 338 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Bermingham | | 252 | 267 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,230 Valid: 4,609 (50.51%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 922 Turnout: 4,622 |||||||||