Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Armagh City |16.0 |1 |27.6 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|32.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |14.8 |1 |9.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Crossmore |15.0 |1 |33.3 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|38.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |13.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Cusher |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |9.8 |1 |8.1 |0 |30.3 |2 |4.1 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Orchard |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |17.6 |1 |18.5 |1 |30.0 |2 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |29.6 |6 |21.2 |6 |23.1 |5 |22.7 |5 |3.4 |0 |22 |-
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: No change
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: No change