1985 Sligo County Council election

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1985 Sligo County Council election

 1979 20 June 1985 1991 

All 25 seats on Sligo County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Socialist
Seats won 11 9 1
Seat change +1 -2 -

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change +1

Map showing the area of Sligo County Council

Council control after election

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An election to Sligo County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 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 11 +1 12,670 45.60
Fine Gael 9 -2 10,538 37.93
Independent Socialist 1 - 1,197 4.31
Labour 1 - 789 2.84
Independent 3 +1 2,269 8.17
Totals 25 - 26,689 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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