1993 Omagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Omagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Omagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Omagh District Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Omagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0
Party7:	Independent Labour
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Omagh 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Mid Tyrone|bgcolor="#008800"|38.4|bgcolor="#008800"|3|18.7|1|16.9|1|10.6|1|1.8|0|13.6|1|7|-|align="left"|Omagh Town|12.0|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|25.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|16.1|1|20.6|1|11.6|1|14.6|1|7|-|align="left"|West Tyrone|20.9|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|26.6|2|15.6|1|2.3|0|4.8|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|24.3|6|24.5|5|20.0|4|15.4|3|5.0|1|10.8|2|21|-|}

District results

Mid Tyrone

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Omagh Town

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour
1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Independent Labour leaves SDLP

West Tyrone

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