1989 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Ballymena Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Ballymena Borough Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	12
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	1
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena Town|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|23.7|2|21.8|1|14.0|1|13.7|1|7|-|align="left"|Braid Valley|40.9|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|17.4|1|5|-|align="left"|Kells Water|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|36.5|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|4.8|0|6|-|align="left"|The Main|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|23.7|1|11.4|0|8.3|0|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|44.8|12|30.8|7|9.2|1|6.1|1|9.1|2|23|-|}

Districts results

Ballymena Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Braid Valley

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP

Kells Water

1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

The Main

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