Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballymena Town |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |22.8 |2 |21.0 |1 |18.5 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Braid Valley |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |35.3 |2 |0.0 |0 |16.2 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Kells Water |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|73.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5 |26.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Main |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|68.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4 |31.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |55.6 |15 |28.6 |6 |6.3 |1 |9.5 |2 |23
District results
Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
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