Elections to Banbridge District 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Banbridge Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |25.5 |1 |18.6 |1 |11.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Dromore |bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |31.5 |1 |19.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Knockiveagh |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |19.1 |1 |18.6 |1 |14.3 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |47.2 |8 |25.4 |3 |18.7 |3 |8.7 |1 |15
District results
Banbridge Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Dromore
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Knockiveagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
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