1993 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Workers' Party (Ireland)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 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="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Craigavon Central|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|19.5|1|15.2|1|11.2|1|7.8|1|3.7|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Loughside|9.8|0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|62.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|2.3|0|21.9|1|0.0|0|3.9|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Lurgan|bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|5|9.2|1|20.6|1|0.0|0|7.5|0|0.0|0|2.7|0|7|-|align="left"|Portadown|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|18.4|1|22.8|2|8.0|0|7.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|41.1|11|24.9|6|16.1|4|9.2|2|6.2|2|1.8|1|0.7|0|26|-|}

District results

Craigavon Central

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Loughside

1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1989-1993 Change: No change

Lurgan

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Portadown

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