1985 Omagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Omagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Omagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Omagh District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Omagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	6
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	4
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Irish Independence Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	4
Party6:	Independent Labour
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	2

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Mid Tyrone|bgcolor="#008800"|45.1|bgcolor="#008800"|3|12.2|1|17.6|1|13.4|1|4.7|1|7.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Omagh Town|18.7|1|20.9|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|22.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|13.4|1|1.2|0|23.1|1|7|-|align="left"|West Tyrone|bgcolor="#008800"|28.7|bgcolor="#008800"|2|20.2|2|17.1|1|22.9|2|6.3|0|4.8|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|31.6|6|17.6|5|18.9|4|16.8|4|4.2|1|10.9|1|21|-|}

District results

Mid Tyrone

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

Omagh Town

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

West Tyrone

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