2005 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District 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 23 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballynahinch
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 26.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Downpatrick
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.7
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 32.2
 * 2
 * 8.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.4
 * 1
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newcastle
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 32.3
 * 2
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rowallane
 * 22.3
 * 1
 * 4.9
 * 0
 * 32.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 5.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 37.5
 * 10
 * 23.1
 * 5
 * 17.3
 * 4
 * 16.3
 * 3
 * 3.3
 * 1
 * 2.5
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * 2.5
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * }

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

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

2001-2005 Change: No change

Downpatrick
2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from UUP and Independent

Newcastle
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

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

2001-2005 Change: No change

Rowallane
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP