Elections to Magherafelt District 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 15 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Magherafelt Town |23.1 |1 |20.4 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.6 |1 |3.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Moyola |21.0 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|28.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|1 |26.3 |2 |24.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.6 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |29.5 |2 |10.7 |0 |15.3 |1 |3.9 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.2 |4 |26.0 |4 |24.0 |4 |19.3 |3 |2.5 |0 |15
District results
Magherafelt Town
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Moyola
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Sperrin
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
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