1985 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena Town
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 22.8
 * 2
 * 21.0
 * 1
 * 18.5
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Braid Valley
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 35.3
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 16.2
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Kells Water
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|73.6
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5
 * 26.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Main
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|68.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 31.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 55.6
 * 15
 * 28.6
 * 6
 * 6.3
 * 1
 * 9.5
 * 2
 * 23
 * }
 * 1
 * 9.5
 * 2
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP