1993 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Ballymena Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Ballymena Borough Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	9
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 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="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena North|bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|17.4|1|13.8|1|19.6|1|17.0|1|7|-|align="left"|Ballymena South|24.7|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|17.8|1|0.0|0|29.3|1|7|-|align="left"|Bannside|37.5|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|14.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Braid|bgcolor="40BFF5"|65.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|34.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.7|10|31.7|9|11.9|2|5.4|1|12.3|2|24|-|}

Districts results

Ballymena North

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballymena South

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Bannside

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Braid

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP