1985 Dungannon District Council election
# 1985 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 15 May 1985 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

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 | 32.1 | 7,848 | 1.1 |
| SDLP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 4,293 | 2.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18.2 | 22.9 | 5,592 | New |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 17.2 | 4,202 | 0.5 |
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 2,363 | 5.9 |
| Independent Republican | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 140 | 6.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Blackwater | 44.1 | 3 | 14.6 | 1 | 13.8 | 0 | 27.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clogher Valley | 31.7 | 2 | 27.1 | 1 | 21.0 | 1 | 20.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dungannon Town | 37.0 | 2 | 10.4 | 1 | 18.8 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Torrent | 17.3 | 1 | 17.9 | 2 | 36.6 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 23.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 32.1 | 8 | 17.6 | 5 | 22.9 | 4 | 17.2 | 3 | 10.2 | 2 | 22 |

## District results

### Blackwater

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

### Clogher Valley

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

### Dungannon Town

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

### Torrent

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

