1989 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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 ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Magherafelt Town
 * 27.4
 * 1
 * 18.5
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 15.9
 * 1
 * 1.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Moyola
 * 21.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 24.2
 * 1
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Sperrin
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 14.4
 * 1
 * 10.8
 * 0
 * 26.6
 * 1
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 26.7
 * 4
 * 20.7
 * 4
 * 23.4
 * 3
 * 22.1
 * 3
 * 7.1
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Magherafelt Town
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

1985-1989 Change: No change

Moyola
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

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

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

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP