1989 Northern Ireland local elections

1989 Northern Ireland local elections
17 May 1989
All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Ian Paisley
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 194 121 110
Seat change 5 19 32
Popular vote 193,064 129,557 109,342
Percentage 31.3% 21.0% 17.7%
Swing 1.8% 3.2% 6.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice N/A
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent
Seats won 43 34 23
Seat change 16 4 14
Popular vote 69,032 42,646 23,617
Percentage 11.2% 6.9% 3.8%
Swing 0.6% 0.1% 2.2%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with a plurality of first preference votes in each District Electoral Area (in darker-coloured DEAs, the party has a majority of first preference votes)

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1989, with candidates contesting 565 seats.

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