1989 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane 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
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Derg
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
 * 10.6
 * 1
 * 21.1
 * 1
 * 1.1
 * 0
 * 23.0
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Glenelly
 * 26.5
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 24.6
 * 1
 * 10.2
 * 0
 * 2.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Mourne
 * 16.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 30.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|34.3
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 20.3
 * 3
 * 19.7
 * 3
 * 17.9
 * 3
 * 21.1
 * 2
 * 1.1
 * 1
 * 19.9
 * 2
 * 15
 * }
 * 19.9
 * 2
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Derg
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist

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

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

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

Mourne
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP