1985 Kilkenny County Council election
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All 26 seats on Kilkenny County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 10 3
Seat change - - -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - +1
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control after election

Fine Gael
Labour Party

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 26 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.[1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 - 14,722 44.77
Fine Gael 10 - 11,631 35.37
Labour 3 -1 3,509 10.67
Workers' Party 1 - 1,644 5.00
Independent 1 +1 1,370 4.17
Totals 26 - 32,886 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballyragget

Ballyragget: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh* 1,078 1,087 1,092 1,274      
Fianna Fáil John Murphy* 1,058 1,063 1,097 1,188      
Fianna Fáil Martin Fitzpatrick* 959 959 1,009 1,022 1,029 1,115 1,117
Labour Dick Brennan* 851 946 1,044 1,067 1,074 1,146 1,149
Fine Gael Thomas Coogan 680 734 776 950 1,043 1,135 1,149
Fianna Fáil Martin Gibbons 660 666 743 799 807 1,109 1,121
Fine Gael Kieran Brennan 529 558 566        
Fianna Fáil Patricia Owens 442 464 586 599 601    
Fianna Fáil Charles Brennan 432 454          
Fine Gael John Brennan 249            
Electorate: 9,852   Valid: 6,938 (71.42%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,157   Turnout: 7,036  

Kilkenny

Kilkenny: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Kieran Crotty TD* 1,007 1,056            
Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Lanigan* 838 850 851 860 891 918 990 1,007
Labour Seamus Pattison TD* 800 826 834 863 940 974 1,073  
Fianna Fáil Michael McGuinness* 753 758 758 772 795 816 881 892
Independent John Bolger 559 581 585 603 663 714 869 895
Independent John Dalton 298 304 306 361 372 554    
Independent Ken Coogan 266 269 270 327 333      
Workers' Party Noel O'Farrell 198 201 201          
Fine Gael Tom Crotty 195 217 243 250        
Fine Gael Geraldine Maher 151              
Electorate: 8,160   Valid: 5,065 (63.87%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 5,212  

Piltown

Piltown: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Liam Aylward TD* 1,785                
Fine Gael Dick Dowling TD* 1,212                
Workers' Party Sean Walsh* 1,145                
Fianna Fáil Eamonn Meade* 824 950 952 954 958 967 1,028 1,087  
Fine Gael Andy Cotterell* 654 708 754 759 764 840 890 958 991
Fianna Fáil Dermot Kavanagh 544 618 626 630 634 640 643 660 860
Fine Gael John Maher 513 549 566 573 576 651 858 974 988
Fianna Fáil Thomas Walsh 477 579 588 590 611 615 618 635  
Fianna Fáil Dick Dunphy* 430 704 708 719 727 771 780 834 1,071
Labour Desmond Scahill 326 347 354 441 459 469 505    
Fine Gael Mick Wall 315 327 337 344 346 382      
Fine Gael Joe Cummins 226 241 272 278 284        
Labour John Mahon 127 134 138            
Electorate: 12,979   Valid: 8,588 (70.14%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,074   Turnout: 8,707  

Thomastown

Thomastown: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil James Brett* 1,189                
Fianna Fáil Breda Somers 768 790 821 828 834 1,075 1,103 1,114  
Fianna Fáil Michael Fenlon* 636 650 670 692 808 920 958 965 993
Labour Michael O'Brien* 629 631 729 740 968 1,029 1,184    
Fine Gael Billy Ireland* 626 628 643 717 742 789 963 987 1,241
Fianna Fáil John Fennelly* 579 598 622 622 631        
Fine Gael Philip Brennan* 571 576 582 634 665 676 797 812 1,086
Fine Gael Tom Maher* 568 576 583 647 650 665 737 751  
Fianna Fáil Tom Quinn 553 559 564 627 637 732 762 767 812
Fine Gael Joe Prendergast 463 464 498 614 638 662      
Labour John Bolger 445 445 479 486          
Fine Gael Frank Prendergast 427 428 431            
Workers' Party Joe Doyle 301 302              
Electorate: 11,440   Valid: 7,755 (68.77%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,108   Turnout: 7,867  

Tullaroan

Tullaroan: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Phil Hogan* 1,377          
Fianna Fáil Pat Millea 664 739 766 803 847 889
Fianna Fáil Thomas Brennan* 581 609 646 696 749 827
Fianna Fáil John McGuinness 550 566 614 686 732 761
Fine Gael Margaret Tynan* 414 632 654 765 1,156  
Fine Gael Thomas Vaughan 376 478 501 592    
Labour Luke Boyle 331 356 410      
Fianna Fáil Bobby Byrne 247 251        
Electorate: 7,523   Valid: 4,540 (60.93%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 909   Turnout: 4,584  

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.

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