Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballymoney Town |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |35.0 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |25.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Bann Valley |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |25.1 |2 |13.9 |1 |13.5 |1 |6.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Bushvale |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |31.5 |2 |22.7 |1 |0.0 |0 |1.2 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |41.9 |6 |29.9 |6 |12.7 |2 |5.5 |1 |10.0 |1 |16
District results
Ballymoney Town
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Bann Valley
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Bushvale
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
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