Waterford City Council (Waterford No. 2)
1985 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | to Waterford Peoples Party | ||
| from Labour Party | | 33 (66.0%) | 17 (34.0%) | |||
| from Fianna Fáil | | 40 (13.4%) | 181 (60.5%) | 48 (16.1%) | 30 (10.0%) | |
| from Fine Gael | | 9 (34.6%) | 17 (65.4%) | |||
| from Independent | | 128 (17.1%) | 232 (31.0%) | 306 (40.9%) | 76 (10.2%) | 6 (0.8%) |
| from Workers' Party |  | 29 (46.0%) | 24 (38.1%) | 12 (19.0%) | 17 (27.0%) | -19 (-30.2%) |
| from Waterford Peoples Party | | 68 (28.5%) | 72 (30.1%) | 49 (20.5%) | 50 (20.9%) |