1989 Armagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Armagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Armagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Armagh District Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Armagh District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Armagh City|29.6|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|10.4|0|13.3|1|3.7|0|6|-|align="left"|Crossmore|36.7|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|9.1|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Cusher|bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|15.1|1|18.9|1|4.3|0|1.2|0|6|-|align="left"|The Orchard|bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|20.9|1|16.5|1|7.0|0|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|46.6|11|31.7|8|12.2|2|8.2|1|1.3|0|22|-|}

District results

Armagh City

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Crossmore

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Cusher

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

The Orchard

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change