1985 Dungannon District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Dungannon District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Dungannon District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Dungannon District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	4
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Irish Independence Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Blackwater|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|14.6|1|13.8|0|27.5|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Clogher Valley|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|27.1|1|21.0|1|20.2|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Dungannon Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|10.4|1|18.8|0|18.0|1|15.8|1|6|-|align="left"|Torrent|17.3|1|17.9|2|bgcolor="#008800"|36.6|bgcolor="#008800"|2|4.5|0|23.7|1|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.1|8|17.6|5|22.9|4|17.2|3|10.2|2|22|-|}

District results

Blackwater

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Clogher Valley

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

Dungannon Town

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Torrent

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist