Waterford City Council (Waterford No. 1)
1985 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Sinn Féin | to Independent | to Workers' Party | to Waterford Peoples Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 66 (24.4%) | 63 (23.3%) | 71 (26.3%) | 70 (25.9%) | |||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 24 (3.5%) | 485 (70.2%) | 67 (9.7%) | 6 (0.9%) | 75 (10.9%) | 34 (4.9%) | |
| from Fine Gael | | 12 (5.9%) | 39 (19.2%) | 123 (60.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (7.4%) | 9 (4.4%) | 5 (2.5%) |
| from Sinn Féin | | 16 (7.9%) | 53 (26.2%) | 12 (5.9%) | 40 (19.8%) | 81 (40.1%) | ||
| from Workers' Party | | 8 (3.7%) | 26 (12.0%) | 10 (4.6%) | 5 (2.3%) | 12 (5.6%) | 146 (67.6%) | 9 (4.2%) |
| from Waterford Peoples Party | | 18 (8.3%) | 61 (28.2%) | 33 (15.3%) | 14 (6.5%) | 35 (16.2%) | 55 (25.5%) |