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.
<small>Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.</small>
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |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 |-
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP