Elections to Armagh District 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 22 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Armagh City |bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |30.3 |2 |12.6 |1 |16.1 |1 |10.6 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Crossmore |30.6 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |10.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Cusher |bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |17.8 |1 |22.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Orchard |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |21.2 |1 |20.4 |1 |9.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.8 |11 |30.1 |7 |17.0 |2 |6.4 |1 |2.7 |0 |22
District results
Armagh City
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Crossmore
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
Cusher
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
The Orchard
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
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