1985 Kildare County Council election

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1985 Kildare County Council election

 1979 20 June 1985 1991 

All 25 seats on Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 7 5
Seat change +1 -1 +1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Workers' Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change +1 +1 +1

Map showing the area of Kildare County Council

Council control after election

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An election to Kildare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 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]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 +1 17,205 42.91
Fine Gael 7 -1 9,294 23.18
Labour 5 +1 8,563 21.36
Workers' Party 1 +1 1,035 2.58
Sinn Féin 1 +1 875 2.18
Independent 1 +1 3,125 7.79
Totals 25 +4 40,335 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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