1985 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

1985 Waterford City Council election
20 June 1985
All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party
Seats won 5 4 2
Seat change - - -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Party Independent
Seats won 2 2
Seat change - -
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 5 - 4,347 30.18%
Fine Gael 4 - 3,309 22.97%
Workers' Party 2 - 1,488 10.33%
Labour Party 2 - 1,346 9.35%
Independent 2 - 3,674 25.51%
Totals 15 - 14,403 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Waterford No.1
Waterford No.1 - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
Fianna Fáil Patrick Power* 776 785 795 815 904          
Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan 727 794 801 823 845          
Fine Gael James Brett 612 665 668 679 688 690 702 765 768 802
Workers' Party Davy Walsh* 455 459 605 660 668 675 756 826 829 848
Independent Martin Cullen 350 364 376 411 432 435 475 546 547 598
Fianna Fáil Tony Roche 335 344 350 362 410 438 471 506 511 773
Fianna Fáil Larry Dower 315 323 325 334 336 392 412 443 444  
Labour Party George Wadding 275 287 295 313 333 337 353      
Sinn Féin Noel Ryan 273 273 278 292 296 298        
Fianna Fáil Ann O'Rourke 236 243 251 271            
Independent Mick Dunphy† 222 227 236              
Workers' Party Billy McCarthy 217 219                
Fine Gael Ann Raleigh 193                  
Electorate: 8,788   Valid: 4,986 (57.31%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 832   Turnout: 5,036

    Waterford No.2
    Waterford No.2 - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
    Independent Davy Daniels* 937                
    Fine Gael Senator Katharine Bulbulia 658 664 677 701 730 778 866    
    Labour Party Liam Curham* 634 663 681 749 789 826 899    
    Fianna Fáil Brendan Kenneally 547 555 569 594 706 754 801 820 826
    Fine Gael Stephen Rogers* 518 524 535 560 579 644 725 742 759
    Fianna Fáil Donal OrmondeTD 498 504 511 540 609 663 720 734 737
    Independent Richard Jones* 297 307 323 345 363 416      
    Independent Joe Falvey† 294 305 318            
    Fine Gael Mary Griffin 290 300 305 323          
    Independent Frank King 286 293 300 328 340        
    Workers' Party Dick McGrath 116                
    Electorate: 8,368   Valid: 5,035 (60.4%)   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 840   Turnout: 5,054

      Waterford No.3
      Waterford No.3 - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
      Independent Martin O'Regan*† 889                  
      Fianna Fáil Tom Browne* 653 665 672 678 698 705 731      
      Workers' Party Paddy Gallagher* 546 594 604 610 622 739        
      Fianna Fáil Brian Swift* 471 499 508 513 519 527 552 595 772  
      Labour Party Brian O'Shea 437 450 453 460 477 485 506 585 610 625
      Fine Gael Maurice Cummins* 398 407 408 440 510 512 540 570 594 614
      Fianna Fáil Paddy Kenneally 226 230 232 234 241 242 267 276    
      Independent Paudie Burke 188 202 211 215 220 230 257      
      Independent William Jones 164 169 175 178 182 188        
      Workers' Party Martin Kennedy 154 162 167 168 171          
      Fine Gael Gerry O'Mahoney 110 113 116 144            
      Fine Gael Mary O'Halloran 93 96 96              
      Independent John Lanigan 43 58                
      Independent Paud Sweeney 4 6                
      Electorate: 8,263   Valid: 4,382 (53.41%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 731   Turnout: 4,413
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        • Irishelectionliterature
        • 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.
        Preceded by
        1979 Waterford City Council election        		 Waterford City Council elections Succeeded by
        1991 Waterford City Council election
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