1985 Omagh District Council election
# 1985 Omagh District Council election

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

Omagh District Council Election Result 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28.6 | 31.6 | 7,011 | New |
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 | 17.6 | 3,905 | 7.4 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 4,200 | 2.3 |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 3,724 | 2.7 |
| Irish Independence | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 932 | 18.0 |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 779 | 3.5 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1,048 | 4.3 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 600 | 0.8 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | IIP | IIP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Mid Tyrone | 45.1 | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 13.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Omagh Town | 18.7 | 1 | 20.9 | 2 | 22.7 | 2 | 13.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 7 |
| West Tyrone | 28.7 | 2 | 20.2 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 22.9 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 7 |
| 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

