Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 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;">Sinn Féin</span> !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;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Bellarena |25.3 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |29.6 |1 |15.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Benbradagh |bgcolor="#008800"|49.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |0.0 |0 |20.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |30.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Limavady Town |17.6 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.1 |1 |20.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.3 |6 |23.9 |3 |23.2 |3 |11.5 |2 |10.1 |1 |15 |-
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: No change
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br /> 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP<br /> 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Independent