1985 Clare County Council election

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1985 Clare County Council election

 1979 20 June 1985 1991 

All 32 seats on Clare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 17 8 2
Seat change 0 -1 0

  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 5
Seat change +2

Map showing the area of Clare County Council

Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to Clare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 17 0 23,382 53.52
Fine Gael 8 -1 10,232 23.42
Labour 2 0 2,256 5.16
Independent 5 +2 7,629 17.46
Totals 32 +1 43,393 100.00

Results by local electoral area

References

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