1989 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne Borough 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Coast Road
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 30.0
 * 1
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Larne Lough
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|61.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 27.4
 * 2
 * 11.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Larne Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 29.4
 * 1
 * 10.0
 * 1
 * 29.6
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 42.7
 * 7
 * 29.1
 * 4
 * 11.5
 * 2
 * 16.7
 * 2
 * 15
 * }
 * 16.7
 * 2
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Coast Road
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Larne Lough
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: No change

Larne Town
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP