1985 Roscommon County Council election

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1985 Roscommon County Council election

 1979 20 June 1985 1991 

All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 13 8 5
Seat change +1 -4 +4

  Fourth party
 
Party Sinn Féin
Seats won 0
Seat change -1

Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

Council control after election

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An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 26 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 13 +1 13,230 44.86
Fine Gael 8 -4 10,648 36.10
Independent 5 +4 4,661 15.80
Sinn Féin 0 -1 948 3.21
Totals 26 - 29,495 100.00

Results by local electoral area

References

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