2005 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 26 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Central
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 26.7
 * 2
 * 20.4
 * 1
 * 13.2
 * 1
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Loughside
 * 4.0
 * 0
 * 4.1
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|50.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 39.3
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lurgan
 * 39.4
 * 3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 7.5
 * 0
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Portadown
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 14.5
 * 1
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 13.2
 * 1
 * 2.7
 * 0
 * 10.6
 * 1
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 30.8
 * 9
 * 22.8
 * 6
 * 22.4
 * 6
 * 16.9
 * 4
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 4.7
 * 0
 * 26
 * }
 * 4.7
 * 0
 * 26
 * }
 * }

Central
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001–2005 Change: DUP gain from SDLP

Loughside
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2001–2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lurgan
2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001–2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP

Portadown
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2001–2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP