Elections to Fermanagh 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Enniskillen |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |17.9 |2 |15.1 |1 |16.4 |1 |4.7 |0 |9.2 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Erne East |31.6 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|37.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |17.3 |1 |9.4 |0 |2.9 |0 |1.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Erne North |bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |11.9 |1 |22.9 |1 |21.7 |1 |4.7 |0 |2.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Erne West |27.3 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|31.9 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |13.4 |1 |5.5 |0 |15.6 |1 |6.3 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |33.0 |8 |25.2 |8 |16.8 |4 |13.0 |2 |6.8 |1 |5.2 |0 |23
District results
Enniskillen
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Erne East
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Erne North
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Erne West
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x SDLP
References