An election to the electoral county of

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former ...

within Dublin County to

Dublin County Council Dublin County Council () was a local authority for the administrative county of County Dublin in Ireland. History The county council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative count ...

took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from

local electoral area A local electoral area (LEA; ) is an electoral area for elections to Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authorities in Ireland. All elections in the Republic of Ireland, elections use the single transferable vote. Republic of Ir ...

s on the system of

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

by means of the

single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...

voting for a five-year term of office. This term was extended for a further year, to 1991. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was one of three electoral counties in Dublin County established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985. The county electoral areas of Ballybrack, Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire served as the relevant electoral areas for the election to the corporation of Dun Laoghaire.

Results by LEA

Ballybrack

Blackrock

Clonskeagh

Dundrum

Dún Laoghaire

Glencullen

Stillorgan

External links

IrelandElection.com

irishelectionliterature

References

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