1993 Down District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Down District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Down District Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Down District Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Down District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	13
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	0
Seat Change4:	1

Elections to Down District 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

Others|-|align="left"|Ballynahinch|bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|30.8|2|19.8|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Downpatrick|bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|6|13.4|1|0.0|0|21.3|0|7|-|align="left"|Newcastle|bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|20.9|1|6.7|1|16.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Rowallane|29.0|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|16.6|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|51.2|13|28.5|7|9.9|3|10.4|0|23|-|}

District results

Ballynahinch

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Downpatrick

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Newcastle

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

Rowallane

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change