1985 Down District Council election

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

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballynahinch
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 33.3
 * 2
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Downpatrick
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 16.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.9
 * 1
 * 9.1
 * 1
 * 7.3
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newcastle
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.8
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 22.1
 * 1
 * 12.0
 * 1
 * 14.0
 * 1
 * 5.8
 * 0
 * 5.3
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rowallane
 * 22.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 21.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 41.6
 * 10
 * 30.3
 * 7
 * 12.2
 * 3
 * 6.5
 * 1
 * 4.2
 * 1
 * 5.2
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * 5.2
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ballynahinch
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Downpatrick
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party

Newcastle
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

Rowallane
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP