1989 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
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 * align="left"|Antrim North West
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 18.6
 * 1
 * 30.9
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Antrim South East
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 31.7
 * 2
 * 12.4
 * 1
 * 8.9
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Antrim Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 18.7
 * 1
 * 12.4
 * 1
 * 12.3
 * 1
 * 4.0
 * 0
 * 5.4
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 43.7
 * 10
 * 24.0
 * 4
 * 18.1
 * 4
 * 7.0
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 1.6
 * 0
 * 19
 * }
 * 1.6
 * 0
 * 19
 * }
 * }

Antrim North West
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Antrim South East
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

Antrim Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP