1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Castlereagh 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 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Castlereagh Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|57.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|15.1|1|18.6|1|0.0|0|8.9|1|6|-|align="left"|Castlereagh East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|52.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|8.9|1|15.3|1|9.3|1|14.5|1|7|-|align="left"|Castlereagh South|30.5|1|31.0|2|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.1|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|0.0|0|7.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Castlereagh West|31.8|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|25.6|1|0.0|0|4.7|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|44.1|9|21.9|6|21.9|5|2.8|1|9.3|2|23|-|}

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

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

Castlereagh East

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

Castlereagh South

1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Castlereagh West

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance