1989 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Bellarena
 * 36.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 11.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Benbradagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 31.7
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 30.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Limavady Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 22.7
 * 1
 * 26.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 39.9
 * 7
 * 36.6
 * 6
 * 11.8
 * 1
 * 9.6
 * 1
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 15
 * }
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 15
 * }
 * }

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

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Benbradagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Limavady 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