2005 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Banbridge Town
 * 32.8
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Dromore
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 31.3
 * 1
 * 11.8
 * 1
 * 7.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockiveagh
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 27.8
 * 2
 * 15.7
 * 1
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 4.5
 * 0
 * 7.5
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.3
 * 7
 * 32.4
 * 5
 * 15.9
 * 3
 * 6.3
 * 1
 * 4.5
 * 1
 * 2.6
 * 0
 * 17
 * }
 * 0
 * 17
 * }
 * }

Banbridge Town
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Dromore
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Knockiveagh
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent