Elections to Larne 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 15 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Coast Road |bgcolor="D46A4C"|36.7 |bgcolor="D46A4C"|2 |28.9 |1 |12.9 |1 |21.5 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Lough |40.4 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |9.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Town |bgcolor="D46A4C"|41.1 |bgcolor="D46A4C"|2 |32.6 |2 |26.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |39.4 |6 |37.3 |6 |16.4 |2 |6.9 |1 |15
District results
Coast Road
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Larne Lough
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Larne Town
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
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