1985 Laois County Council election

1985 Laois County Council election
← 1979 20 June 1985 1991 →
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 14 9 1
Seat change +3 -3 -1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to Laois County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local election. 25 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 party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 14 +3 11,989 50.33
Fine Gael 9 -3 8,513 35.74
Labour 1 -1 1,446 6.07
Independent 1 +1 1,873 7.86
Totals 25 - 23,219 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Borris-in-Ossory

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Borris-in-Ossory: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Liam Hyland TD* 1,479                  
Independent Jimmy Kelly* 837 873                
Fine Gael William Mansfield* 712 744 745 800 845 850 854      
Fine Gael Sean Jacob* 589 654 655 657 749 751 835 914    
Fine Gael Jim Phelan* 508 528 529 530 571 572 582 664 785 829
Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan 390 460 466 493 536 537 569 641 735 737
Labour Larry Kavanagh 377 395 402 405 500 501 511      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Phelan* 369 446 447 527 528 531 651 665 723 725
Fianna Fáil Thomas Fennelly 356 421 423 441 446 447 533 552    
Fine Gael Brendan Dunne 349 362 368 373            
Fianna Fáil Eddie Kirwan 326 386 387 435 465 470 530 649 821 824
Fianna Fáil Eamon Rafter* 313 411 412 428 433 433        
Fianna Fáil Martin Keane 193 260 262              
Independent Brendan Clear 31 35                
Electorate: 9,808   Valid: 6,829 (70.01%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 854   Turnout: 6,867  

Emo

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Emo- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin 691 700 729 903  
Fianna Fáil Michael Nerney* 684 716 741 852  
Fine Gael Jim Buggie* 553 624 711 718 725
Labour Ned Kelly* 456 593 626 698 747
Fianna Fáil Don Cunningham 377 383 394    
Fine Gael Mary Lewis 369 387 495 513 521
Fine Gael John O'Reilly* 296 298      
Labour Frank Byrne 279        
Electorate: 6,146   Valid: 3,705 (60.93%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 742   Turnout: 3,745  

Luggacurren

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Luggacurren- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Martin Rohan* 668 674 681 681 712 775 785
Fianna Fáil James Cooney* 649 679 695 708 927    
Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley 556 572 593 610 718 760 862
Fianna Fáil Liam Doran 369 373 386 439      
Independent William Fleming* 366 408 436 450 455 458  
Independent John Daly* 363 403 443 458 489 496 683
Fine Gael Sen. Charles McDonald* 338 357 432 649 674 680 755
Fine Gael John Gaffney 267 282 347        
Fine Gael John Moran 240 271          
Labour Tony O'Brien 211            
Electorate: 5,915   Valid: 4,027 (63.13%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 806   Turnout: 4,068  

Portlaoise

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Portlaoise: 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Joe Dunne* 907          
Fine Gael Tom Keenan* 750          
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 564 639 669 678 813  
Fine Gael William Aird 549 563 581 654 690 763
Fianna Fáil John Hosey* 471 483 490 568 621 674
Fine Gael Joe Carroll* 395 401 413 439 457 552
Independent Joe McCormack 256 267 312 329 359  
Fianna Fáil Tom Jacob 228 269 278 280    
Fine Gael Michael Dea 196 197 213      
Labour Tom Phelan 123 125        
Independent Patrick Larkin 20 21        
Electorate: 7,056   Valid: 4,459 (63.79%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 744   Turnout: 4,501  

Tinnahinch

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Tinnahinch- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil John Moloney 1,279              
Fine Gael Oliver J. Flanagan TD* 728 779 918          
Fine Gael David Goodwin* 485 508 562 624 645 650 898  
Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 478 491 506 522 545 555 658 739
Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald 473 660 685 698 928      
Fine Gael Denis Feighery 440 449 488 499 516 522    
Fianna Fáil Joe Digan 378 425 447 453 510 616 727 743
Fine Gael Noel Deffew 271 330            
Fianna Fáil Donal McCormack 269 358 367 372        
Electorate: 6,332   Valid: 4,801 (76.58%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 801   Turnout: 4,849  

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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  • 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.
  • Official website[permanent dead link‍]
  • irishelectionliterature
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