Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Monaghan County Council election|
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Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council |
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An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.[1]
Results by party[edit]
Results by local electoral area[edit]
Carrickmacross[edit]
Carrickmacross: 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Dr Rory O'Hanlon TD* | | 1,565 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Bill Cotter | | 944 | 968 | 1,013 | 1,024 | 1,040 | 1,112 | 1,322 | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Jones* | | 828 | 843 | 857 | 863 | 936 | 1,050 | 1,383 | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Ruxton | | 634 | 654 | 657 | 662 | 672 | 734 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally* | | 629 | 738 | 760 | 835 | 992 | 1,040 | 1,103 | 1,171 | |
| Sinn Féin | Rose McMahon | | 562 | 573 | 617 | 649 | 691 | 817 | 852 | 888 | 912 |
| Independent | Peter Murphy | | 558 | 575 | 587 | 650 | 663 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Rosaleen O'Hanlon | | 398 | 532 | 567 | 625 | 768 | 894 | 952 | 985 | 1,025 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Freeman | | 388 | 431 | 436 | 470 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick McKenna | | 274 | 293 | 297 | | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | Francis O'Donoghue | | 193 | 203 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,068 Valid: 6,973 (77.69%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 7,045 |
Castleblayney[edit]
Castleblayney- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fianna Fáil | Francis O'Brien* | | 1,397 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Arthur Carville* | | 1,200 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | John F. Conlan TD* | | 1,049 | 1,128 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Macartan McCormack* | | 947 | 1,101 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Hughes* | | 811 | 895 | 942 | 998 | 1,017 |
| Fine Gael | Adam Armstrong | | 782 | 792 | 891 | 912 | 929 |
| Independent | Edmund O'Donnell | | 99 | 117 | 120 | | |
| Green Alliance | Eugene Meegan | | 14 | 16 | 17 | | |
Electorate: 8,696 Valid: 6,299 (73.2%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 6,365 |
Monaghan[edit]
Monaghan: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhghin O Caolain | | 1,700 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patsy Treanor* | | 1,363 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Willie McKenna* | | 1,191 | | | | | |
| Independent | James Wright* | | 985 | 1,033 | 1,051 | 1,067 | 1,078 | 1,084 |
| Fine Gael | Thomas Reilly* | | 886 | 981 | 1,163 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Stephen McAree* | | 786 | 887 | 989 | 1,034 | 1,050 | 1,095 |
| Fianna Fáil | Matt Caulfield | | 514 | 807 | 824 | 1,016 | 1,070 | 1,072 |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Macklin | | 344 | 397 | | | | |
Electorate: 11,124 Valid: 7,768 (70.95%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,110 Turnout: 7,893 |
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