1985 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985.

Election Name:	1985 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1981 Ballymena Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1981
Next Election:	1989 Ballymena Borough Council election
Next Year:	1989
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	15
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	1
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	2

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena Town|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|22.8|2|21.0|1|18.5|1|7|-|align="left"|Braid Valley|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|35.3|2|0.0|0|16.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Kells Water|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|73.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5|26.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|The Main|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|68.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|31.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|55.6|15|28.6|6|6.3|1|9.5|2|23|-|}

District results

Ballymena Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Braid Valley

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Kells Water

1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

The Main

1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP