1985 Belfast City Council election
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Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
The UUP became the largest party, overtaking the DUP and John Carson became the Lord Mayor.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.5 | 24.4 | 28,165 | 0.7 | |
Democratic Unionist | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21.6 | 19.9 | 23,052 | 5.9 | |
Alliance | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 13,286 | 1.7 | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 18,077 | New | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 16,479 | 0.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4,091 | 1.6 | |
Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4,432 | 0.1 | |
Protestant Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2,970 | 2.6 | |
PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2,588 | 0.3 | |
People's Democracy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 131 | 3.6 | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 536 | 1.8 | |
Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 731 | New | |
Labour and Trade Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 556 | New | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 308 | New | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 245 | 0.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | SDLP | Workers' Party | PUP | Others | ||||||||||
Balmoral | 41.7 | 2 | 25.5 | 2 | 18.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 |
Castle | 32.7 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.6 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.6 | 1 | 6 |
Court | 21.6 | 2 | 17.9 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 36.1 | 2 | 6 |
Laganbank | 30.0 | 2 | 22.1 | 1 | 20.8 | 1 | 16.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 5 |
Lower Falls | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.4 | 1 | 57.2 | 3 | 23.4 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 5 |
Oldpark | 17.5 | 1 | 11.4 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 28.5 | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 6 |
Pottinger | 28.9 | 2 | 47.5 | 3 | 8.3 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 |
Upper Falls | 0.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 7.3 | 1 | 44.1 | 2 | 39.2 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
Victoria | 42.5 | 3 | 33.2 | 2 | 23.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 24.4 | 14 | 19.9 | 11 | 11.5 | 8 | 15.6 | 7 | 14.2 | 6 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 8.4 | 3 | 51 |
District results[edit]
Balmoral[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Crooks* | 19.07% | 2,438 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Kirkpatrick | 14.23% | 1,820 | 2,014.16 | 2,061.12 | 2,137.12 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | William Dickson* | 12.81% | 1,638 | 1,660.56 | 1,676.68 | 1,931.32 | 2,321.32 | ||||
Alliance | John Montgomery | 10.37% | 1,326 | 1,329.12 | 1,426.48 | 1,430.6 | 1,488.68 | 1,497.39 | 2,449.39 | ||
Democratic Unionist | John Parkes | 7.80% | 998 | 1,009.28 | 1,032.64 | 1,281.76 | 1,536 | 1,691.44 | 1,780.22 | 1,908.19 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Dorita Field | 10.42% | 1,332 | 1,332.24 | 1,446.24 | 1,448.24 | 1,457.24 | 1,457.24 | 1,587.04 | 1,772.63 | |
Alliance | David Cook* | 8.15% | 1,042 | 1,054 | 1,180.48 | 1,191.08 | 1,345.04 | 1,367.82 | |||
Ulster Unionist | James Stewart* | 8.38% | 1,071 | 1,102.08 | 1,127.68 | 1,166.44 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Clarke Gibson | 7.80% | 620 | 633.68 | 646.8 | ||||||
Labour Party NI | Stanley Graham | 1.45% | 186 | 187.08 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Shaun McKeown | 1.04% | 133 | 133.12 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Victor Brennan | 0.99% | 127 | 127.6 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | William Stevenson* | 0.44% | 56 | 57.44 | |||||||
Electorate: 23,220 Valid: 12,787 (55.07%) Spoilt: 315 Quota: 2,132 Turnout: 13,102 (56.43%) |
Castle[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Carson* | 24.23% | 3,153 | ||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Alban Maginness | 15.19% | 1,977 | ||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Frank Millar* | 12.47% | 1,623 | 1,812.83 | 1,813.08 | 1,836.49 | 1,863.28 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Nigel Dodds | 11.54% | 1,502 | 1,622.95 | 1,623 | 1,625.05 | 1,632.51 | 2,179.51 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Alfred Redpath | 8.51% | 1,107 | 1,783.5 | 1,783.5 | 1,797.73 | 1,821.83 | 1,916.83 | |||
Alliance | Tom Campbell | 6.14% | 799 | 822.37 | 825.42 | 919.79 | 1,333.54 | 1,337.77 | 1,351.99 | 1,870.99 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Gault* | 5.18% | 674 | 892.94 | 893.04 | 903.86 | 915.55 | 980.31 | 1,280.51 | 1,281.51 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | John Murphy | 4.45% | 579 | 581.87 | 672.17 | 864.67 | 885.52 | 885.52 | 887.89 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Michael Whittley | 5.43% | 706 | 726.5 | 726.5 | 733.5 | 739.32 | ||||
Alliance | Robert Jamison | 3.45% | 449 | 474.42 | 475.87 | 530.04 | |||||
Workers' Party | Katherine Johnston | 3.41% | 444 | 448.51 | 451.06 | ||||||
Electorate: 24,488 Valid: 12,003 (49.02%) Spoilt: 323 Quota: 1,715 Turnout: 12,326 (50.33%) |
Court[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Protestant Unionist | George Seawright* | 24.39% | 2,970 | |||||||||
PUP | Hugh Smyth* | 14.46% | 1,761 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Frederick Ashby* | 11.66% | 1,420 | 1,591.36 | 1,593.78 | 1,681.1 | 1,682.1 | 1,732.92 | 2,186.92 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Herbert Ditty | 9.83% | 1,197 | 1,288.98 | 1,296.98 | 1,312.28 | 1,313.28 | 1,618.2 | 1,695.52 | 1,781.52 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Fred Cobain | 6.60% | 804 | 846 | 847 | 856.1 | 858.1 | 1,028.28 | 1,101.26 | 1,216.26 | 1,457.46 | |
Ind. Unionist | Joseph Coggle* | 7.34% | 894 | 1,134.66 | 1,139.08 | 1,144.76 | 1,146.76 | 1,201.2 | 1,266.44 | 1,336.44 | 1,471.32 | |
Ulster Democratic | Samuel Doyle | 4.40% | 536 | 837.56 | 842.98 | 859.22 | 860.22 | 946.5 | 1,004.12 | 1,050.12 | 1,097.32 | |
Alliance | William Dukelow | 5.14% | 626 | 642.38 | 730.8 | 732.64 | 874.64 | 899.16 | 907 | 914 | ||
Democratic Unionist | William Baxter | 4.70% | 572 | 706.4 | 708.82 | 800.34 | 800.34 | 826.64 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | James Sands | 5.13% | 624 | 750 | 751 | 773.24 | 773.24 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Harry Fitzsimmons | 3.55% | 432 | 432.42 | 463.42 | 463.42 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Robert Morrow | 1.49% | 182 | 260.96 | 261.38 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Peter Cullen | 1.29% | 157 | 161.62 | ||||||||
Electorate: 22,375 Valid: 12,175 (54.41%) Spoilt: 372 Quota: 1,740 Turnout: 12,547 (56.08%) |
Laganbank[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Blair* | 17.92% | 1,969 | |||||||||
Alliance | William McDowell | 12.97% | 1,425 | 1,456 | 1,808 | 1,811.15 | 1,841.15 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Alasdair McDonnell* | 10.69% | 1,175 | 1,194 | 1,220 | 1,220.35 | 1,448.35 | 1,449.56 | 1,797.63 | 2,727.63 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Dixie Gilmore | 6.62% | 727 | 733 | 741 | 841.8 | 844.94 | 1,358.26 | 1,387.61 | 1,398.61 | 1,513.61 | |
Democratic Unionist | Rhonda Paisley | 12.06% | 1,325 | 1,334 | 1,338 | 1,344.51 | 1,344.51 | 1,408.98 | 1,419.33 | 1,419.33 | 1,427.33 | |
Democratic Unionist | Raymond McCrea* | 10.03% | 1,102 | 1,107 | 1,108 | 1,116.61 | 1,117.61 | 1,146.52 | 1,152.59 | 1,152.59 | 1,160.59 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Gerard McKettrick | 7.58% | 833 | 844 | 876 | 876 | 949 | 949 | 1,068 | |||
Workers' Party | Gerard Carr | 5.01% | 550 | 635 | 655 | 656.19 | 755.26 | 757.33 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Wilson | 5.50% | 604 | 615 | 617 | 632.47 | 632.54 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Conlon | 5.59% | 614 | 624 | 627 | 627.35 | ||||||
Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 3.95% | 434 | 455 | ||||||||
Labour and Trade Union | Robert Millar | 0.91% | 100 | |||||||||
NI Labour | John King | 0.66% | 73 | |||||||||
Communist | Michael Morrissey | 0.52% | 57 | |||||||||
Electorate: 20,934 Valid: 10,988 (52.49%) Spoilt: 297 Quota: 1,832 Turnout: 11,285 (53.91%) |
Lower Falls[edit]
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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Social Democratic and Labour | Joe Hendron* | 22.06% | 2,606 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean McKnight | 16.41% | 1,939 | 1,963 | 1,985.4 | ||
Alliance | Will Glendinning* | 9.42% | 1,113 | 1,195 | 1,549.48 | 2,015.48 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Keenan | 14.83% | 1,752 | 1,764 | 1,795.36 | 1,845.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Elizabeth Fitzsimons | 13.50% | 1,595 | 1,609 | 1,649.6 | 1,697.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 12.42% | 1,467 | 1,472 | 1,499.44 | 1,552.4 | |
Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 9.44% | 1,115 | 1,168 | 1,312.2 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Sean Mullan | 1.35% | 159 | ||||
Communist | Desmond Murray | 0.57% | 67 | ||||
Electorate: 21,058 Valid: 11,813 (56.10%) Spoilt: 450 Quota: 1,969 Turnout: 12,263 (58.23%) |
Oldpark[edit]
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor | 12.54% | 1,800 | 1,820 | 1,903 | 1,918 | 2,013 | 2,125 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery | 12.20% | 1,752 | 1,765 | 1,766 | 1,786 | 1,793 | 1,794 | 2,373 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan | 10.93% | 1,570 | 1,576 | 1,576 | 1,585 | 1,591 | 1,591 | 1,726 | 2,030.7 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Brian Feeney* | 10.56% | 1,516 | 1,544 | 1,544 | 1,677 | 1,841 | 1,842 | 1,863 | 1,867.4 | 1,867.4 | 2,475.4 | ||||
Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 9.36% | 1,344 | 1,383 | 1,386 | 1,531 | 1,696 | 1,701 | 1,731 | 1,735.4 | 1,735.4 | 1,895.5 | 2,226.5 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Peter Lunn | 6.67% | 958 | 974 | 1,054 | 1,056 | 1,082 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,537.6 | 1,539.6 | 1,542.6 | 1,549.6 | 1,824.6 | |
Ulster Unionist | David Smylie | 4.94% | 709 | 717 | 813 | 817 | 857 | 983 | 985 | 985 | 1,036.83 | 1,039.83 | 1,041.83 | 1,066.83 | 1,573.83 | |
Ind. Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 4.99% | 717 | 729 | 815 | 825 | 872 | 919 | 920 | 920 | 926.57 | 930.57 | 934.57 | 951.57 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Hunter | 5.48% | 787 | 812 | 814 | 867 | 913 | 913 | 922 | 924.2 | 924.2 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 5.39% | 774 | 781 | 781 | 787 | 787 | 787 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Pauline Whittley | 4.76% | 684 | 691 | 735 | 739 | 748 | |||||||||
Alliance | Arnold Carton | 3.73% | 535 | 597 | 618 | 695 | ||||||||||
Labour Party NI | Paddy Devlin* | 3.29% | 472 | 506 | 518 | |||||||||||
PUP | Patrick Bird | 3.02% | 433 | 444 | ||||||||||||
Green (NI) | Peter Emerson | 2.14% | 308 | |||||||||||||
Electorate: 25,774 Valid: 14,359 (55.71%) Spoilt: 389 Quota: 2,052 Turnout: 14,748 (57.22%) |
Pottinger[edit]
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Sammy Wilson* | 19.99% | 2,454 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Frank Leslie | 18.11% | 2,224 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Margaret Clarke | 16.28% | 1,999 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Jim Walker | 9.39% | 1,153 | 1,763.12 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Reg Empey | 9.10% | 1,117 | 1,143.6 | 1,442.8 | 1,630.12 | 1,659.16 | 1,660.5 | 1,756.5 | ||
Alliance | Mervyn Jones | 8.30% | 1,019 | 1,026.56 | 1,039.48 | 1,044.64 | 1,127.4 | 1,272.74 | 1,309.88 | 1,547.28 | |
Ulster Unionist | Harry Fletcher | 3.51% | 431 | 449.2 | 546.1 | 569.38 | 594.16 | 595.16 | 706.38 | 727.66 | |
Sinn Féin | Joseph O'Donnell | 4.61% | 566 | 566 | 566 | 566 | 572.28 | 634.6 | 635.6 | 713.42 | |
Workers' Party | Francis Cullen | 2.47% | 303 | 304.12 | 306.5 | 312.02 | 398.48 | 496.48 | 514.94 | ||
PUP | David Ervine | 3.21% | 394 | 402.12 | 442.58 | 448.1 | 459.68 | 460.68 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Carmel Maginness | 2.77% | 340 | 340.28 | 342.32 | 342.32 | 353.66 | ||||
Labour and Trade Union | Stan Dempsey | 1.78% | 218 | 219.68 | 227.16 | 232.44 | |||||
Communist | James Stewart | 0.25% | 61 | 64.08 | 66.8 | 67.16 | |||||
Electorate: 24,757 Valid: 12,279 (49.60%) Spoilt: 506 Quota: 1,755 Turnout: 12,785 (51.64%) |
Upper Falls[edit]
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Alex Attwood | 19.35% | 2,461 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 18.30% | 2,329 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Teresa Holland | 17.73% | 2,256 | |||||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Cormac Boomer* | 13.01% | 1,655 | 1,890.43 | 1,897.72 | 1,900.42 | 1,903.42 | 1,958.24 | 2,028.22 | 2,161.22 | ||
Alliance | Pip Glendinning | 7.32% | 931 | 947.38 | 949.9 | 951.16 | 955.16 | 958.73 | 994.31 | 1,334.43 | 1,805.43 | |
Sinn Féin | Mairtin O'Muilleoir | 8.01% | 1,031 | 1,034.25 | 1,214.16 | 1,334.58 | 1,339.82 | 1,410.1 | 1,440.06 | 1,461.64 | 1,561.64 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary Muldoon* | 6.28% | 799 | 834.36 | 840.84 | 843.36 | 850.36 | 903.78 | 940.23 | 1,035.15 | ||
Workers' Party | Gerald McCann | 3.03% | 386 | 389.77 | 390.67 | 391.63 | 405.76 | 413.51 | 463.37 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Irene Lewis | 2.92% | 372 | 372.39 | 372.39 | 372.51 | 372.6 | 372.6 | 374.6 | |||
Labour and Trade Union | Michael Duffy | 1.87% | 238 | 243.2 | 244.82 | 246.14 | 255.14 | 273.81 | ||||
People's Democracy | John McAnulty* | 1.03% | 131 | 131.91 | 137.67 | 140.73 | 146 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Prendiville | 0.57% | 72 | 87.86 | 88.04 | 88.28 | 90.5 | |||||
Communist | Kevin McCorry | 0.47% | 60 | 60.39 | 61.11 | 61.17 | ||||||
Electorate: 23,327 Valid: 12,721 (54.53%) Spoilt: 331 Quota: 2,121 Turnout: 13,052 (55.95%) |
Victoria[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Wallace Browne | 22.22% | 3,447 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Patton* | 15.41% | 2,390 | |||||||
Alliance | Oliver Napier* | 14.89% | 2,309 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Corry* | 11.85% | 1,838 | 1,985.4 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Dorothy Dunlop | 8.80% | 1,365 | 1,425.28 | 1,595.14 | 1,596.58 | 1,619.62 | 2,282.62 | ||
Alliance | George Thompson | 8.23% | 1,278 | 1,289.88 | 1,312.68 | 1,457.68 | 1,775.92 | 1,844.14 | 1,918.01 | |
Democratic Unionist | Robin Newton | 3.64% | 564 | 1,611.64 | 1,636.15 | 1,640.03 | 1,644.03 | 1,772.26 | 1,910.87 | |
Democratic Unionist | Samuel Walker | 7.29% | 1,131 | 1,330.76 | 1,400.49 | 1,401.68 | 1,408.72 | 1,579.34 | 1,708.82 | |
Ulster Unionist | John McCrea | 6.46% | 1,002 | 1,033.68 | 1,175.61 | 1,176.61 | 1,186.53 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Barry Gilheany | 1.21% | 188 | 189.76 | 190.33 | |||||
Electorate: 30,776 Valid: 15,512 (50.40%) Spoilt: 427 Quota: 1,940 Turnout: 15,939 (51.79%) |