Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Laois County Council election
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← 1979 | 20 June 1985 | 1991 → |
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All 25 seats on Laois County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 14 | 9 | 1 | Seat change | +3 | -3 | -1 | | | Fourth party | | | | | Party | Independent | | Seats won | 1 | | Seat change | +1 | | |
Map showing the area of Laois County Council |
Council control before election Fianna Fáil | Council control after election Fianna Fáil | |
An election to Laois County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local election. 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.[1]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | +3 | 11,989 | 50.33 | |
| Fine Gael | 9 | -3 | 8,513 | 35.74 | |
| Labour | 1 | -1 | 1,446 | 6.07 | |
| Independent | 1 | +1 | 1,873 | 7.86 | |
Totals | 25 | - | 23,219 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Borris-in-Ossory
Borris-in-Ossory: 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Hyland TD* | | 1,479 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Jimmy Kelly* | | 837 | 873 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | William Mansfield* | | 712 | 744 | 745 | 800 | 845 | 850 | 854 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Sean Jacob* | | 589 | 654 | 655 | 657 | 749 | 751 | 835 | 914 | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Phelan* | | 508 | 528 | 529 | 530 | 571 | 572 | 582 | 664 | 785 | 829 |
| Fianna Fáil | Fintan Phelan | | 390 | 460 | 466 | 493 | 536 | 537 | 569 | 641 | 735 | 737 |
| Labour | Larry Kavanagh | | 377 | 395 | 402 | 405 | 500 | 501 | 511 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Phelan* | | 369 | 446 | 447 | 527 | 528 | 531 | 651 | 665 | 723 | 725 |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Fennelly | | 356 | 421 | 423 | 441 | 446 | 447 | 533 | 552 | | |
| Fine Gael | Brendan Dunne | | 349 | 362 | 368 | 373 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Kirwan | | 326 | 386 | 387 | 435 | 465 | 470 | 530 | 649 | 821 | 824 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Rafter* | | 313 | 411 | 412 | 428 | 433 | 433 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Keane | | 193 | 260 | 262 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Brendan Clear | | 31 | 35 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,808 Valid: 6,829 (70.01%) Spoilt: 38 Quota: 854 Turnout: 6,867 |
Emo
Emo- 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Cribbin | | 691 | 700 | 729 | 903 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Nerney* | | 684 | 716 | 741 | 852 | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Buggie* | | 553 | 624 | 711 | 718 | 725 |
| Labour | Ned Kelly* | | 456 | 593 | 626 | 698 | 747 |
| Fianna Fáil | Don Cunningham | | 377 | 383 | 394 | | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Lewis | | 369 | 387 | 495 | 513 | 521 |
| Fine Gael | John O'Reilly* | | 296 | 298 | | | |
| Labour | Frank Byrne | | 279 | | | | |
Electorate: 6,146 Valid: 3,705 (60.93%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 742 Turnout: 3,745 |
Luggacurren
Luggacurren- 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Rohan* | | 668 | 674 | 681 | 681 | 712 | 775 | 785 |
| Fianna Fáil | James Cooney* | | 649 | 679 | 695 | 708 | 927 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wheatley | | 556 | 572 | 593 | 610 | 718 | 760 | 862 |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Doran | | 369 | 373 | 386 | 439 | | | |
| Independent | William Fleming* | | 366 | 408 | 436 | 450 | 455 | 458 | |
| Independent | John Daly* | | 363 | 403 | 443 | 458 | 489 | 496 | 683 |
| Fine Gael | Sen. Charles McDonald* | | 338 | 357 | 432 | 649 | 674 | 680 | 755 |
| Fine Gael | John Gaffney | | 267 | 282 | 347 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Moran | | 240 | 271 | | | | | |
| Labour | Tony O'Brien | | 211 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 5,915 Valid: 4,027 (63.13%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 806 Turnout: 4,068 |
Portlaoise
Portlaoise: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Dunne* | | 907 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Keenan* | | 750 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lodge* | | 564 | 639 | 669 | 678 | 813 | |
| Fine Gael | William Aird | | 549 | 563 | 581 | 654 | 690 | 763 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Hosey* | | 471 | 483 | 490 | 568 | 621 | 674 |
| Fine Gael | Joe Carroll* | | 395 | 401 | 413 | 439 | 457 | 552 |
| Independent | Joe McCormack | | 256 | 267 | 312 | 329 | 359 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Jacob | | 228 | 269 | 278 | 280 | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Dea | | 196 | 197 | 213 | | | |
| Labour | Tom Phelan | | 123 | 125 | | | | |
| Independent | Patrick Larkin | | 20 | 21 | | | | |
Electorate: 7,056 Valid: 4,459 (63.79%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 744 Turnout: 4,501 |
Tinnahinch
Tinnahinch- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Moloney | | 1,279 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Oliver J. Flanagan TD* | | 728 | 779 | 918 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | David Goodwin* | | 485 | 508 | 562 | 624 | 645 | 650 | 898 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Lalor* | | 478 | 491 | 506 | 522 | 545 | 555 | 658 | 739 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDonald | | 473 | 660 | 685 | 698 | 928 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Feighery | | 440 | 449 | 488 | 499 | 516 | 522 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Digan | | 378 | 425 | 447 | 453 | 510 | 616 | 727 | 743 |
| Fine Gael | Noel Deffew | | 271 | 330 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal McCormack | | 269 | 358 | 367 | 372 | | | | |
Electorate: 6,332 Valid: 4,801 (76.58%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 801 Turnout: 4,849 |
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[permanent dead link]
- irishelectionliterature