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1985 North Tipperary County Council election

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1985 North Tipperary County Council election

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All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 6 1
Seat change +3 -2 -2

  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change +1

Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 21 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.[1]

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +3 15,818 52.78
Fine Gael 6 -2 8,736 29.15
Labour 1 -2 3,784 12.63
Independent 2 +1 1,649 5.50
Totals 21 - 28,588 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Borrisokane

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Borrisokane: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Jim Casey 1,089 1,094 1,120 1,174  
Fianna Fáil Michael Hough* 966 975 1,028 1,068 1,284
Fianna Fáil Tony McKenna* 876 888 931 957 1,325
Fine Gael Liam Whyte* 742 762 838 1,077 1,115
Fianna Fáil John Carroll 616 662 712 729  
Fine Gael Paddy Brennan 518 553 599 757 785
Fine Gael Gerard Darcy 461 502 554    
Labour Jim Hough 288 409      
Labour Maureen Carmody 277        
Electorate: 7,793   Valid: 5,833 (75.66%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 63   Turnout: 5,896  

Nenagh-Newport

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Nenagh-Newport: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labour John Ryan TD* 1,243 1,270 1,295                
Fianna Fáil Mairead Ryan 1,183 1,194 1,328                
Fianna Fáil Tom Harrington* 1,056 1,066 1,130 1,161 1,182 1,190 1,191 1,438      
Independent Joseph O'Connor* 946 949 959 1,034 1,090 1,092 1,093 1,130 1,133 1,287  
Fianna Fáil John Sheehy* 792 793 843 865 928 945 948 1,055 1,112 1,523  
Fine Gael Tom Ryan 770 773 775 860 899 899 899 916 917 1,005 1,030
Fine Gael Tom Berkery* 739 751 757 815 953 954 955 1,007 1,013 1,046 1,062
Fianna Fáil Ger Ryan* 690 693 718 782 789 792 792 852 909    
Fine Gael Willie Kennedy 688 715 726 739 836 837 838 1,010 1,041 1,065 1,077
Fianna Fáil Jacksie Ryan 677 680 717 727 767 780 785        
Fine Gael Martin O'Sullivan 495 496 547 561              
Fianna Fáil Ned Foley 429 430                  
Labour Frank Lewis* 419 446 451                
Labour Mary Brosnan 133                    
Electorate: 13,646   Valid: 10,260 (76.13%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,283   Turnout: 10,389  

Roscrea-Templemore

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Roscrea-Templemore: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Sen. Michael Smith* 1,948            
Fianna Fáil Seán Mulrooney 1,071 1,344          
Fianna Fáil John Egan* 1,035 1,337          
Fine Gael Denis Ryan* 834 895 935 954 969 1,303  
Fine Gael Denis Meagher 700 755 763 796 846 924 1,026
Fine Gael John Butler 679 703 710 747 783 840 873
Labour Tommy Shanahan* 560 603 651 659 731    
Labour Kevin Devaney 178 200 204 217      
Electorate: 9,696   Valid: 7,005 (73.08%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,168   Turnout: 7,086  

Thurles

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Thurles: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Jane Hanafin* 1,751        
Fine Gael Michael Lowry* 1,542        
Fianna Fáil Harry Ryan* 978 1,140 1,193    
Independent Frank Dwan* 703 826 870 878 1,156
Labour Andrew Callinan 686 747 795 807  
Fianna Fáil Larry Looby 661 879 916 930 1,061
Fine Gael Mae Quinn 568 609 805 818 1,020
Electorate: 10,297   Valid: 6,871 (67.55%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,146   Turnout: 6,956  

References

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  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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  • irishelectionliterature
  • 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.