1989 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 23 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena Town
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 23.7
 * 2
 * 21.8
 * 1
 * 14.0
 * 1
 * 13.7
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Braid Valley
 * 40.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Kells Water
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 36.5
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Main
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.6
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 23.7
 * 1
 * 11.4
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 44.8
 * 12
 * 30.8
 * 7
 * 9.2
 * 1
 * 6.1
 * 1
 * 9.1
 * 2
 * 23
 * }
 * 1
 * 9.1
 * 2
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP

Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1989: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: No change