1989 Craigavon Borough Council election

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
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * 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
 * }
 * 3.7
 * 0
 * 26
 * }
 * }

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