Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bellarena |25.3 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |29.6 |1 |15.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Benbradagh |bgcolor="#008800"|49.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |0.0 |0 |20.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |30.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Limavady Town |17.6 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.1 |1 |20.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.3 |6 |23.9 |3 |23.2 |3 |11.5 |2 |10.1 |1 |15
District results
Bellarena
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Benbradagh
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Limavady Town
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Independent
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