2005 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	4
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough 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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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Blackwater|24.4|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|21.6|1|12.4|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Clogher Valley|bgcolor="#008800"|32.2|bgcolor="#008800"|2|27.9|1|20.9|1|18.9|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Dungannon Town|bgcolor="#008800"|35.2|bgcolor="#008800"|2|28.1|2|20.6|1|16.1|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Torrent|bgcolor="#008800"|60.9|bgcolor="#008800"|4|4.8|0|9.6|1|12.5|1|12.2|1|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.6|9|24.3|5|17.6|4|14.8|4|3.7|0|22|-|}

District results

Blackwater

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

Clogher Valley

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

Dungannon Town

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

Torrent

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent