South Dublin County Council (Tallaght-Rathcoole)
1985 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Sinn Féin | to Independent | to Workers' Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 294 (47.0%) | 141 (22.5%) | 64 (10.2%) | 53 (8.5%) | 74 (11.8%) | |
| from Fianna Fáil | | 33 (8.5%) | 284 (73.2%) | 5 (1.3%) | 30 (7.7%) | 36 (9.3%) | |
| from Fine Gael | | 415 (53.1%) | 135 (17.3%) | 157 (20.1%) | 41 (5.2%) | 34 (4.3%) | |
| from Sinn Féin | | 223 (35.1%) | 412 (64.9%) | ||||
| from Independent | | 45 (20.9%) | 58 (27.0%) | 5 (2.3%) | 41 (19.1%) | 66 (30.7%) | |
| from Green Alliance |  | 23 (41.8%) | 10 (18.2%) | 8 (14.5%) | 2 (3.6%) | 4 (7.3%) | 8 (14.5%) |