Elections to Magherafelt 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 16 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"|Magherafelt Town |35.0 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |20.3 |1 |9.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Moyola |bgcolor="#008800"|48.6 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |23.8 |1 |11.6 |0 |9.4 |1 |6.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#008800"|56.6 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |10.8 |1 |22.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.7 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |46.7 |8 |23.2 |4 |18.5 |2 |6.2 |2 |5.4 |0 |16
District results
Magherafelt Town
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Moyola
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Sperrin
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
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