1985 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Strabane District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	4
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	3
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2

Elections to Strabane 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Derg|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|26.2|1|9.2|0|23.2|1|8.2|1|5|-|align="left"|Glenelly|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|13.2|1|17.9|1|23.5|1|10.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Mourne|9.3|0|27.9|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|10.1|1|22.1|1|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|26.1|4|22.3|3|19.1|3|19.1|3|13.4|2|15|-|}

District results

Derg

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

Glenelly

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

Mourne

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