| Election Name: | 1985 Galway County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Galway County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Galway County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats on Galway County Council |
| Election Date: | 20 June 1985 |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seat Change1: | +2 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | -2 |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | -1 |
| Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | +1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | Fianna Fail |
An election to Galway County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 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 | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | +2 | 32,716 | 54.47 | |||||||
| 9 | align=right | -2 | 16,828 | 28.02 | ||||||
| 1 | align=right | -1 | 2,682 | 4.47 | ||||||
| 3 | +1 | 7,190 | 11.97 | |||||||
| 0 | align=right | -1 | 124 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Totals | align=right | 30 | align=center | -1 | align=right | 60,059 | 100.00 | — |