1985 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Sinn Féin | to Independent | to Workers' Party | to Independent Fianna Fáil | to Communist Party | to Green Alliance | to Independent Socialist | to Donegal Progressive Party | to Independent Republican | to Protestant Association | to Waterford Peoples Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 12870 (23.8%) | 12369 (22.9%) | 18545 (34.3%) | 1172 (2.2%) | 4493 (8.3%) | 4233 (7.8%) | 106 (0.2%) | 175 (0.3%) | 9 (0.0%) | 145 (0.3%) | ||||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 6109 (4.1%) | 108669 (72.3%) | 22163 (14.7%) | 2544 (1.7%) | 7933 (5.3%) | 1639 (1.1%) | 910 (0.6%) | 5 (0.0%) | 80 (0.1%) | 200 (0.1%) | 55 (0.0%) | 45 (0.0%) | ||
| from Fine Gael | | 8388 (6.8%) | 22340 (18.0%) | 83462 (67.2%) | 1332 (1.1%) | 6057 (4.9%) | 1642 (1.3%) | 579 (0.5%) | 4 (0.0%) | 30 (0.0%) | 181 (0.1%) | 21 (0.0%) | 117 (0.1%) | 5 (0.0%) | |
| from Sinn Féin | | 1549 (8.2%) | 8408 (44.8%) | 3399 (18.1%) | 171 (0.9%) | 1907 (10.2%) | 2565 (13.7%) | 416 (2.2%) | 41 (0.2%) | 281 (1.5%) | 48 (0.3%) | ||||
| from Independent | | 5786 (12.2%) | 15805 (33.5%) | 11883 (25.2%) | 2064 (4.4%) | 7777 (16.5%) | 2671 (5.7%) | 568 (1.2%) | 12 (0.0%) | 492 (1.0%) | 174 (0.4%) | 6 (0.0%) | |||
| from Workers' Party | | 3440 (17.2%) | 5395 (26.9%) | 4759 (23.7%) | 1638 (8.2%) | 2679 (13.4%) | 1981 (9.9%) | 8 (0.0%) | 144 (0.7%) | 22 (0.1%) | -10 (-0.0%) | ||||
| from Independent Fianna Fáil | | 1003 (31.0%) | 442 (13.7%) | 330 (10.2%) | 49 (1.5%) | 52 (1.6%) | 1360 (42.0%) | ||||||||
| from Communist Party | | 32 (8.8%) | 62 (17.1%) | 12 (3.3%) | 81 (22.4%) | 37 (10.2%) | 119 (32.9%) | 11 (3.0%) | 8 (2.2%) | ||||||
| from Green Alliance | | 1537 (21.3%) | 1198 (16.6%) | 1931 (26.8%) | 101 (1.4%) | 1370 (19.0%) | 1026 (14.2%) | 11 (0.2%) | 28 (0.4%) | ||||||
| from Independent Socialist | | 113 (17.7%) | 220 (34.5%) | 180 (28.2%) | 39 (6.1%) | 70 (11.0%) | 16 (2.5%) | ||||||||
| from Donegal Progressive Party | | 333 (16.9%) | 340 (17.2%) | 262 (13.3%) | 136 (6.9%) | 230 (11.7%) | 417 (21.1%) | 74 (3.8%) | 180 (9.1%) | ||||||
| from Independent Republican | | 76 (47.8%) | 33 (20.8%) | 50 (31.4%) | |||||||||||
| from Waterford Peoples Party | | 99 (16.0%) | 177 (28.6%) | 97 (15.7%) | 14 (2.3%) | 121 (19.5%) | 111 (17.9%) |