Elections to Down 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 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 ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballynahinch |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |33.3 |2 |18.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Downpatrick |bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |16.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.9 |1 |9.1 |1 |7.3 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Newcastle |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |22.1 |1 |12.0 |1 |14.0 |1 |5.8 |0 |5.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Rowallane |22.4 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |21.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |41.6 |10 |30.3 |7 |12.2 |3 |6.5 |1 |4.2 |1 |5.2 |0 |23
District results
Ballynahinch
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Downpatrick
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
Newcastle
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Rowallane
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
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