1989 Down District Council election

Elections to Down 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 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballynahinch
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 36.1
 * 2
 * 13.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Downpatrick
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|5
 * 14.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.2
 * 1
 * 12.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newcastle
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 28.1
 * 2
 * 6.9
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.8
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rowallane
 * 26.9
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 16.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 49.2
 * 12
 * 31.1
 * 8
 * 8.5
 * 2
 * 2.2
 * 1
 * 9.0
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * 9.0
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ballynahinch
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

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

1985-1989 Change: No change

Downpatrick
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Alliance gain from Sinn Féin and Workers' Party

Newcastle
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Sinn Féin and DUP

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

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

1985-1989 Change: No change