| Election Name: | 1985 Kerry County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1979 Kerry County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Kerry County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | All 27 seats on Kerry County Council |
| Election Date: | 20 June 1985 |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
An election to Kerry County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 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 | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | 30,011 | 46.72 | 2.02 | ||||||
| 7 | 15,401 | 23.98 | 4.07 | |||||||
| 3 | 1 | 7,095 | 11.05 | 1.44 | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 3,381 | 5.26 | 0.11 | ||||||
| 0 | 1,569 | 2.44 | 0.55 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 6,776 | 10.55 | 2.82 | ||||||
| Totals | align=right | 27 | 1 | align=right | 64,233 | 100.00 |