Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Antrim North West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |21.7 |1 |25.8 |1 |2.2 |0 |13.8 |1 |4.8 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Antrim South East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |34.6 |2 |12.6 |1 |8.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Antrim Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |26.9 |2 |16.2 |1 |12.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |1.5 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |39.7 |9 |28.4 |5 |17.8 |3 |7.6 |1 |4.5 |1 |2.0 |0 |19
District results
Antrim North West
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Antrim South East
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Antrim Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
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