Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Kerry County Council election|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kerry_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Kerry_in_Ireland.svg.png) Area of Kerry County Council |
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 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 local electoral area
[edit] Killarney: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 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 | 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: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 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 | Michael Doyle | 5.50% | 717 | 740 | 748 | 764 | 801 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Dave O'Shea | 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- 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fine Gael | Sen. 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 | 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 | 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- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 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 | 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: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | Denis Foley TD* | 32.67% | 3,101 | | | | | |
| Labour | 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%) |