1989 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	12
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Workers' Party (Ireland)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 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

Others|-|align="left"|Craigavon Central|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|13.2|1|17.5|1|8.0|1|8.1|0|4.9|0|3.3|0|7|-|align="left"|Loughside|14.7|0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|18.9|1|12.2|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Lurgan|bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|12.3|1|20.1|2|6.6|0|3.3|0|1.1|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Portadown|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|13.2|1|16.0|2|7.2|1|6.4|0|1.4|0|10.8|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.4|12|21.0|6|14.4|4|5.8|2|8.4|1|4.3|1|3.7|0|26|-|}

District results

Craigavon Central

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party

Loughside

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Lurgan

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Portadown

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin