1989 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District 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 15 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="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Banbridge Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|63.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 19.6
 * 1
 * 9.8
 * 1
 * 6.9
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Dromore
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|61.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 18.3
 * 1
 * 14.5
 * 0
 * 5.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockiveagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 16.2
 * 1
 * 15.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 58.0
 * 9
 * 19.2
 * 3
 * 13.5
 * 2
 * 9.3
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Banbridge Town
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

Dromore
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Knockiveagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1985-1989 Change: No change