2005 Armagh City and District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Armagh City and District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Armagh City and District Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Armagh City and District Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	5
Seat Change4:	2

Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Others|-|align="left"|Armagh City|16.0|1|27.6|2|bgcolor="#008800"|32.3|bgcolor="#008800"|2|14.8|1|9.3|0|6|-|align="left"|Crossmore|15.0|1|33.3|2|bgcolor="#008800"|38.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|13.2|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Cusher|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|9.8|1|8.1|0|30.3|2|4.1|0|6|-|align="left"|The Orchard|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|17.6|1|18.5|1|30.0|2|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|29.6|6|21.2|6|23.1|5|22.7|5|3.4|0|22|-|}

District results

Armagh City

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Crossmore

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Cusher

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

The Orchard

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change