1985 Kerry County Council election

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting.

1985 Kerry County Council election

20 June 1985
All 27 seats to Kerry County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Seats won 13 7 3 Seat change 1 1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 4 Seat change 2
Map showing the area of Kerry County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	1	30,011	46.72%	2.02%
	Fine Gael	7		15,401	23.98%	4.07%
	Labour Party	3	1	7,095	11.05%	1.44%
	Sinn Féin	0	1	3,381	5.26%	0.11%
	Workers' Party	0		1,569	2.44%	0.55%
	Independent	4	2	6,776	10.55%	2.82%
Totals		27	1	64,233	100%

Results by Electoral Area

Killarney

Killarney - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Leary TD	16.64%	2,504
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	15.80%	2,377
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Healy-Rae*	14.71%	2,213
	Labour Party	Michael Gleeson*	11.49%	1,729	1,756	1,773	1,780	1,887	2,021	2,159
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Cronin*	8.39%	1,262	1,462	1,582	1,609	1,647	1,676	1,802	2,057
	Fine Gael	Thomas Dennehy	7.11%	1,070	1,083	1,123	1,125	1,231	1,416	1,472	1,574
	Fine Gael	Christy McSweeney*	6.77%	1,018	1,035	1,055	1,059	1,233	1,474	1,557	1,805
	Workers' Party	Sean O'Grady	6.56%	987	1,029	1,037	1,044	1,105	1,139	1,343
	Independent	Redmond Sullivan	4.45%	670	699	714	719	741	779
	Fine Gael	Tom Randles	4.15%	625	635	638	647	712
	Fine Gael	Paudie O'Connor*	3.94%	593	609	613	615
Electorate: 19,651   Valid: 15,048 (76.58%)   Spoilt: 178 (1.17%)   Quota: 2,150   Turnout: 15,226 (77.48%)

Killorglin

Killorglin - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Donoghue*	17.00%	2,215
	Fine Gael	Michael Connor-Scarteen*	11.81%	1,539	1,542	1,543	1,547	1,566	1,637	1,964
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Cahill*	10.27%	1,338	1,403	1,425	1,448	1,487	1,530	1,895
	Fine Gael	Danny Kissane*	9.93%	1,293	1,296	1,319	1,347	1,365	1,505	1,513	1,521	1,577	1,627
	Fine Gael	Dan Barry	9.45%	1,231	1,304	1,306	1,308	1,346	1,512	1,525	1,532	2,012
	Independent	Michael Ahern	8.61%	1,122	1,135	1,154	1,206	1,267	1,395	1,411	1,419	1,657	1,738
	Fianna Fáil	Teddy O'Connor*	7.60%	990	1,051	1,063	1,076	1,118	1,168	1,310	1,354	1,468	1,488
	Independent	Michael O'Connell*	7.10%	925	979	989	1,000	1,113	1,219	1,241	1,277
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Cahill	6.83%	890	931	938	939	961	981
	Labour Party	Michael Doyle	5.50%	717	740	748	764	801
	Sinn Féin	Dave O'Shea Sinn Féin	1.96%	255	259	261	270
	Sinn Féin	Derek McKenna	1.67%	217	228	230	231
	Workers' Party	Paddy Callaghan	1.30%	169	170	177
	Independent	Dan O'Connor	0.96%	125	127
Electorate: 17,751   Valid: 13,026 (73.38%)   Spoilt: 165 (1.25%)   Quota: 1,861   Turnout: 13,191 (74.31%)

Listowel

Listowel- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Senator Jimmy Deenihan	20.27%	3,123
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Kiely*	15.99%	2,463
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Walsh*	12.23%	1,884	2,008	2,127	2,195	2,553
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Brassil*	12.00%	1,849	1,872	1,910	1,916	2,154
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Barry	11.24%	1,731	2,216
	Labour Party	John Joe O'Sullivan	11.00%	1,694	1,764	1,777	2,055	2,130
	Sinn Féin	Jerry Walsh*	9.56%	1,473	1,562	1,588	1,673	1,747
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Stack	4.73%	728	795	849	868
	Labour Party	Con Scanlon	3.00%	462	525	536
Electorate: 20,984   Valid: 15,407 (73.42%)   Spoilt: 166 (1.07%)   Quota: 2,202   Turnout: 15,573 (74.21%)

Mid-Kerry

Mid-Kerry- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim, Jnr TD	19.89%	2,239
	Independent	James Courtney*	15.57%	1,753	1,779	1,912
	Fine Gael	Michael Begley TD*	12.75%	1,436	1,439	1,463	1,660	1,665	2,369
	Independent	Breandán Mac Gearailt*	11.80%	1,329	1,335	1,401	1,467	1,484	1,547	1,666
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Fitzgerald*	11.08%	1,248	1,313	1,358	1,408	1,414	1,439	1,483
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Long*	8.54%	961	1,150	1,237	1,342	1,346	1,638	1,764
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell	8.46%	953	977	1,012	1,310	1,313
	Labour Party	Michael Moynihan TD	6.96%	784	805	873
	Sinn Féin	Matt Lee	4.94%	556	584
Electorate: 15,376   Valid: 11,259 (73.22%)   Spoilt: 106 (0.93%)   Quota: 1,877   Turnout: 11,365 (73.91%)

Tralee

Tralee - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Foley TD*	32.67%	3,101
	Labour Party	Meave Spring	18.00%	1,709	1,872	1,964
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald	12.03%	1,142	1,575	1,670	1,680	1,808	2,379
	Sinn Féin	Sean O'Callaghan	9.27%	880	971	1,060	1,071	1,101	1,175
	Independent	John Blennerhassett*	8.98%	852	974	1,059	1,081	1,519	1,686
	Fine Gael	Sean Shanahan	8.31%	789	827	852	863
	Fianna Fáil	Pauline Fuller*	6.39%	607	879	904	914	995
	Workers' Party	Donal Tobin	4.35%	413	496
Electorate: 14,535   Valid: 9,493 (65.31%)   Spoilt: 124 (1.29%)   Quota: 1,899   Turnout: 9,617 (66.16%)

External links

• Department of the Environment, Ireland (2010-01-28). "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 2019-10-28.
• "Old Local Election Results". Irish Election Literature. Retrieved 2019-10-28.