| Election Name: | 1985 Cork County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Cork County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Cork County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | All 48 seats on Cork County Council |
| Election Date: | 20 June 1985 |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | +3 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | -1 |
| Party4: | Workers' Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Party5: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to Cork County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from eight 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 | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | +3 | 54,692 | 46.97 | |||||||
| 19 | 0 | 44,924 | 38.58 | |||||||
| 2 | align=right | -1 | 5,431 | 4.66 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 4,370 | 3.75 | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 6,388 | 5.49 | |||||||
| Totals | align=right | 48 | +2 | align=right | 116,444 | 100.00 | — |