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Part of the 1985 Irish local elections
1985 Monaghan County Council election|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Monaghan_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Monaghan_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council |
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Council control after election
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An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.[1]
Results by local electoral area
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Carrickmacross: 5 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9
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Fianna Fáil
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Dr Rory O'Hanlon TD*
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1,565
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Fine Gael
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Bill Cotter
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944
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968
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1,013
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1,024
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1,040
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1,112
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1,322
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Fine Gael
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Patrick Jones*
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828
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843
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857
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863
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936
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1,050
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1,383
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Fine Gael
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Patrick Ruxton
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634
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654
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657
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662
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672
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734
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Fianna Fáil
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Pádraig McNally*
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629
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738
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760
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835
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992
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1,040
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1,103
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1,171
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Sinn Féin
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Rose McMahon
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562
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573
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617
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649
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691
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817
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852
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888
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912
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Independent
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Peter Murphy
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558
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575
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587
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650
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663
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Fianna Fáil
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Rosaleen O'Hanlon
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398
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532
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567
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625
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768
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894
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952
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985
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1,025
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Fianna Fáil
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Tom Freeman
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388
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431
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436
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470
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Fianna Fáil
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Patrick McKenna
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274
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293
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297
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Workers' Party
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Francis O'Donoghue
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193
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203
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Electorate: 9,068 Valid: 6,973 (77.69%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 7,045
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Castleblayney- 5 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
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Fianna Fáil
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Francis O'Brien*
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1,397
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Fine Gael
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Arthur Carville*
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1,200
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Fine Gael
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John F. Conlan TD*
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1,049
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1,128
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Fianna Fáil
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Macartan McCormack*
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947
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1,101
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Fianna Fáil
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Brendan Hughes*
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811
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895
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942
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998
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1,017
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Fine Gael
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Adam Armstrong
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782
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792
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891
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912
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929
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Independent
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Edmund O'Donnell
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99
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117
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120
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Green Alliance
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Eugene Meegan
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14
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16
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17
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Electorate: 8,696 Valid: 6,299 (73.2%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 6,365
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Monaghan: 6 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
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Sinn Féin
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Caoimhghin O Caolain
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1,700
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Fianna Fáil
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Patsy Treanor*
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1,363
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Fianna Fáil
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Willie McKenna*
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1,191
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Independent
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James Wright*
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985
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1,033
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1,051
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1,067
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1,078
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1,084
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Fine Gael
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Thomas Reilly*
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886
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981
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1,163
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Fine Gael
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Stephen McAree*
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786
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887
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989
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1,034
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1,050
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1,095
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Fianna Fáil
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Matt Caulfield
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514
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807
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824
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1,016
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1,070
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1,072
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Fine Gael
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Patrick Macklin
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344
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397
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Electorate: 11,124 Valid: 7,768 (70.95%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,110 Turnout: 7,893
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