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Elections to Dungannon 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.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1985^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	8	0	0	0	36.4	32.1	7,848	1.1
SDLP	5	2	0	2	13.6	17.6	4,293	2.9
Sinn Féin	4	4	0	4	18.2	22.9	5,592	New
DUP	3	0	0	0	13.6	17.2	4,202	0.5
Ind. Nationalist	2	0	1	1	9.1	9.7	2,363	5.9
Ind. Republican	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.6	140	6.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1985
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Blackwater	44.1	3	14.6	1	13.8	0	27.5	1	0.0	0	5
Clogher Valley	31.7	2	27.1	1	21.0	1	20.2	1	0.0	0	5
Dungannon Town	37.0	2	10.4	1	18.8	0	18.0	1	15.8	1	6
Torrent	17.3	1	17.9	2	36.6	2	4.5	0	23.7	1	6
Total	32.1	8	17.6	5	22.9	4	17.2	3	10.2	2	22

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

Blackwater - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Ewing*	16.86%	979
	UUP	Derek Irwin*	13.85%	804	1,143
	UUP	Jim Brady*	10.73%	623	688	736.76	1,019.29
	UUP	John Taggart*	10.56%	613	689	808.78	1,109.49
	SDLP	Patrick Daly*	14.61%	848	851	851	852	878
	Sinn Féin	Eilish McCabe	13.83%	803	804	804	804	805
	DUP	Norman Lockhart	10.61%	616	645	651.36
	UUP	Rodney Mullan	8.96%	520
Electorate: 7,076 Valid: 5,806 (82.05%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 968 Turnout: 5,895 (83.31%)

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

Clogher Valley - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Cassidy*	20.98%	1,280
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell*	17.13%	1,045
	UUP	Samuel Brush*	16.40%	1,001
	DUP	William McIlwrath*	10.96%	669	669.84	1,144.26
	UUP	Noel Mulligan*	15.29%	933	934.26	949.26	1,050.24
	SDLP	John Monaghan	10.03%	612	866.52	871.94	891.94
	DUP	Thomas Maxwell	9.21%	562	564.52
Electorate: 7,003 Valid: 6,102 (87.13%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 6,195 (88.46%)

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Ken Maginnis*	21.99%	1,329
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	17.97%	1,086
	Ind. Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	15.87%	959
	UUP	William Brown*	14.97%	905
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	7.02%	424	813	984
	Sinn Féin	Anita Cavlan	10.62%	642	644	646	648.79	663.79	737.28
	Sinn Féin	Martin McNulty	8.17%	494	494	495	495.93	510.63	570.07
	SDLP	Terence Foley	3.39%	205	259	286	402.25	459.65
Electorate: 8,157 Valid: 6,044 (74.10%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 864 Turnout: 6,168 (75.62%)

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Torrent - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	17.27%	1,120
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	16.64%	1,079
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	13.14%	852	853.44	923.44	935.2
	Sinn Féin	Brian Duffin	10.07%	653	653	668	785.6	786.6	821.3
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey*	8.80%	571	572.26	590.26	594.04	628.6	789.4
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	9.07%	588	588.36	609.36	610.48	648	773.92
	Sinn Féin	Frances Donaghy	9.88%	641	641	644	653.38	653.38	763.08
	Ind. Nationalist	Owen Nugent*	8.51%	552	553.08	561.08	564.16	596.38
	DUP	Edith White	4.47%	290	478.64	479.64	479.64
	Ind. Republican	John Corr*	2.16%	140	140
Electorate: 8,203 Valid: 6,486 (79.07%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 927 Turnout: 6,660 (81.19%)