1989 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District 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 22 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Armagh City
 * 29.6
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 13.3
 * 1
 * 3.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Crossmore
 * 36.7
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Cusher
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 15.1
 * 1
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Orchard
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 7.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 46.6
 * 11
 * 31.7
 * 8
 * 12.2
 * 2
 * 8.2
 * 1
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 22
 * }
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 22
 * }
 * }

Armagh City
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Crossmore
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: No change

Cusher
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

1985-1989 Change: No change

The Orchard
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: No change