1985 Kerry County Council election
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All 27 seats on Kerry County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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]
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 13 |  1 |
30,011 | 46.72 |  2.02 | |
| Fine Gael | 7 |  |
15,401 | 23.98 | 4.07 | |
| Labour | 3 | 1 |
7,095 | 11.05 | 1.44 | |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 1 |
3,381 | 5.26 | 0.11 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | |
1,569 | 2.44 | 0.55 | |
| Independent | 4 | 2 |
6,776 | 10.55 | 2.82 | |
| Totals | 27 | 1 |
64,233 | 100.00 | ||