Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Banbridge Town |32.8 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |19.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Dromore |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |31.3 |1 |11.8 |1 |7.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Knockiveagh |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |27.8 |2 |15.7 |1 |11.3 |1 |4.5 |0 |7.5 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |38.3 |7 |32.4 |5 |15.9 |3 |6.3 |1 |4.5 |1 |2.6 |0 |17
Districts results
Banbridge Town
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dromore
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Knockiveagh
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
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