Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Limerick Corporation election|
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Map showing the area of Limerick City Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Limerick City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from four 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
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Limerick Ward 2: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Fine Gael | Gus O'Driscoll* | | 1,083 | 1,115 | | | | | | | | | |
| Democratic Socialist | Jan O'Sullivan | | 759 | 770 | 950 | 950 | 1,042 | 1,088 | 1,107 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Kiely | | 667 | 693 | 719 | 721 | 740 | 874 | 926 | 949 | 950 | 974 | 975 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Madden* | | 649 | 661 | 670 | 672 | 698 | 743 | 800 | 919 | 919 | 1,169 | |
| Labour | Mick Lipper* | | 582 | 650 | 677 | 684 | 720 | 786 | 801 | 856 | 858 | 921 | 935 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kiely* | | 513 | 519 | 525 | 526 | 545 | 558 | 597 | 677 | 678 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Larry Cross | | 407 | 408 | 416 | 417 | 448 | 489 | 631 | 686 | 692 | 947 | 1,012 |
| Fine Gael | Ralph O'Brien | | 358 | 360 | 366 | 368 | 378 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Cronin | | 344 | 351 | 365 | 365 | 382 | 386 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Powell | | 340 | 375 | 381 | 382 | 401 | 406 | 435 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Des Long | | 588 | 342 | 351 | 354 | | | | | | | |
| Democratic Socialist | Eleanor Goodison | | 293 | 304 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Martin Vaughan | | 178 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | John Powell | | 72 | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,862 Valid: 6,567 (56.16%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 6,662 |
Limerick Ward 3: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Democratic Socialist | Jim Kemmy* | | 1,281 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Joe Harrington | | 589 | 667 | 687 | 712 | 801 | 819 | 1,019 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Bourke* | | 489 | 509 | 514 | 558 | 577 | 583 | 597 | 603 | 867 | 918 |
| Labour | Frank Leddin* | | 452 | 501 | 504 | 512 | 525 | 545 | 569 | 585 | 626 | 723 |
| Fine Gael | Ger Fahy | | 448 | 471 | 474 | 478 | 491 | 612 | 635 | 641 | 665 | 864 |
| Fine Gael | Peter O'Flaherty | | 371 | 396 | 401 | 406 | 417 | 456 | 490 | 502 | 529 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Flannery | | 346 | 375 | 380 | 422 | 432 | 443 | 461 | 465 | | |
| Workers' Party | Sean Griffin | | 290 | 322 | 341 | 347 | 370 | 379 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Shaun Elder | | 208 | 226 | 231 | 235 | 239 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Dan Greaney | | 177 | 190 | 196 | 203 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bernie Meade | | 143 | 152 | 152 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Tom Clancy | | 76 | 86 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 8,632 Valid: 4,870 (57.29%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 975 Turnout: 4,945 |
Limerick Ward 4: 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fine Gael | Pat Kennedy* | | 1,019 | | | | |
| Independent | Win Harrington* | | 809 | 825 | 867 | 909 | 969 |
| Fine Gael | Bobby Byrne* | | 738 | 782 | 898 | 924 | |
| Labour | Tommy Allen* | | 557 | 567 | 624 | 639 | 676 |
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Connor | | 536 | 541 | 559 | 678 | 1,047 |
| Fianna Fáil | Billy Barry | | 371 | 374 | 385 | 516 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Clem Casey* | | 327 | 331 | 338 | | |
| Fine Gael | Seamus Bermingham | | 252 | 267 | | | |
Electorate: 9,230 Valid: 4,609 (50.51%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 922 Turnout: 4,622 |