Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Kilkenny County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
|
← 1979 | 20 June 1985 | 1991 → |
|
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 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Kilkenny_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Kilkenny_in_Ireland.svg.png) 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
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "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). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- Official website
- irishelectionliterature