1993 Magherafelt District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Magherafelt District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Magherafelt District Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Magherafelt District Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Magherafelt District 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Magherafelt Town|31.8|2|16.5|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|18.2|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Moyola|bgcolor="#99FF66"|26.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|1|21.5|1|23.4|2|25.9|1|2.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Sperrin|bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|33.1|2|6.2|0|17.3|1|3.6|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.9|5|23.5|4|21.4|4|20.3|3|1.9|0|16|-|}

District results

Magherafelt Town

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain due to the addition of one seat

Moyola

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

Sperrin

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin from Independent Nationalist