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1985 Down District Council election

Elections to Down 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 23 councillors.

Election results

<small>Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.</small>

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <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;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Workers Party</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Ballynahinch |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |33.3 |2 |18.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Downpatrick |bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |16.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.9 |1 |9.1 |1 |7.3 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Newcastle |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |22.1 |1 |12.0 |1 |14.0 |1 |5.8 |0 |5.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Rowallane |22.4 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |21.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |41.6 |10 |30.3 |7 |12.2 |3 |6.5 |1 |4.2 |1 |5.2 |0 |23 |-

District results

Ballynahinch

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

Downpatrick

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party

Newcastle

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

Rowallane

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

References