1989 Omagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Omagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Omagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Omagh District Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Omagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Labour
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Irish Independence Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Mid Tyrone|17.4|1|bgcolor="#008800"|34.8|bgcolor="#008800"|3|20.7|2|10.5|0|16.6|1|7|-|align="left"|Omagh Town|bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|13.8|1|15.5|1|21.7|2|12.4|1|7|-|align="left"|West Tyrone|26.6|2|23.9|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|14.3|1|7.0|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|26.1|6|24.9|6|21.9|5|15.1|3|12.0|1|21|-|}

District results

Mid Tyrone

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

Omagh Town

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Labour
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: Independent Labour joins SDLP

West Tyrone

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change