1985 Fermanagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Fermanagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Fermanagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Fermanagh District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	8
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Irish Independence Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	3
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Fermanagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Enniskillen|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|17.9|2|15.1|1|16.4|1|4.7|0|9.2|0|7|-|align="left"|Erne East|31.6|2|bgcolor="#008800"|37.4|bgcolor="#008800"|3|17.3|1|9.4|0|2.9|0|1.4|0|6|-|align="left"|Erne North|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|11.9|1|22.9|1|21.7|1|4.7|0|2.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Erne West|27.3|1|bgcolor="#008800"|31.9|bgcolor="#008800"|2|13.4|1|5.5|0|15.6|1|6.3|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|33.0|8|25.2|8|16.8|4|13.0|2|6.8|1|5.2|0|23|-|}

District results

Enniskillen

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Erne East

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Erne North

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

Erne West

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