Elections to Dungannon 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Blackwater |bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |14.6 |1 |13.8 |0 |27.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Clogher Valley |bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |27.1 |1 |21.0 |1 |20.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Dungannon Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |10.4 |1 |18.8 |0 |18.0 |1 |15.8 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Torrent |17.3 |1 |17.9 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|36.6 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |4.5 |0 |23.7 |1 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |32.1 |8 |17.6 |5 |22.9 |4 |17.2 |3 |10.2 |2 |22
District results
Blackwater
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Clogher Valley
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Dungannon Town
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Torrent
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
References