1985 Kilkenny County Council election
An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.
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All 26 seats to Kilkenny County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 11 | - | 14,722 | 44.77% | ||
| Fine Gael | 10 | - | 11,631 | 35.37% | ||
| Labour Party | 3 | -1 | 3,509 | 10.67% | ||
| Workers' Party | 1 | - | 1,644 | 5% | ||
| Independent | 1 | +1 | 1,370 | 4.17% | ||
| Totals | 26 | - | 32,886 | 100% | — | |
Results by Electoral Area
Ballyragget
| Ballyragget - 5 seats | |||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 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 Party | 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | ||
| Fine Gael | Kieran CrottyTD* | 1,007 | 1,056 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Michael Lanigan* | 838 | 850 | 851 | 860 | 891 | 918 | 990 | 1,007 | |||
| Labour Party | Seamus PattisonTD* | 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 | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Liam AylwardTD* | 1,785 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Dick DowlingTD* | 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 Party | 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 Party | 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 | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 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 Party | 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 Party | 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 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 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 Party | 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 | ||||||||||
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| Preceded by 1979 Kilkenny County Council election |
Kilkenny County Council elections | Succeeded by 1991 Kilkenny County Council election |
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