1985 Armagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Armagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Armagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Armagh District Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Armagh District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Armagh 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Armagh City|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|30.3|2|12.6|1|16.1|1|10.6|0|6|-|align="left"|Crossmore|30.6|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|10.9|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Cusher|bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|17.8|1|22.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|The Orchard|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|21.2|1|20.4|1|9.7|0|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|43.8|11|30.1|7|17.0|2|6.4|1|2.7|0|22|-|}

District results

Armagh City

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

Crossmore

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

Cusher

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

The Orchard

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