Elections to Omagh 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 21 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Mid Tyrone |bgcolor="#008800"|45.1 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |12.2 |1 |17.6 |1 |13.4 |1 |4.7 |1 |7.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Omagh Town |18.7 |1 |20.9 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|22.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |13.4 |1 |1.2 |0 |23.1 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|West Tyrone |bgcolor="#008800"|28.7 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |20.2 |2 |17.1 |1 |22.9 |2 |6.3 |0 |4.8 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.6 |6 |17.6 |5 |18.9 |4 |16.8 |4 |4.2 |1 |10.9 |1 |21
District results
Mid Tyrone
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
Omagh Town
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Labour
West Tyrone
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
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