1993 Antrim Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Antrim Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Antrim Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Antrim Borough Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim North West|32.6|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|17.0|1|0.0|0|14.3|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Antrim South East|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|14.6|1|16.3|1|9.6|1|2.6|0|21.9|1|7|-|align="left"|Antrim Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|14.7|1|15.6|1|15.2|1|0.0|0|5.8|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.5|8|21.0|4|16.3|3|8.5|2|5.3|1|10.4|1|19|-|}

Districts results

Antrim North West

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Antrim South East

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves DUP

Antrim Town

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: No change