1993 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District Council were held on 19 May 1993 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"

!Cllrs

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!Cllrs

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!Cllrs

!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballynahinch
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 30.8
 * 2
 * 19.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Downpatrick
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|6
 * 13.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 21.3
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newcastle
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 6.7
 * 1
 * 16.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rowallane
 * 29.0
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 16.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 51.2
 * 13
 * 28.5
 * 7
 * 9.9
 * 3
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * }

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

1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: No change

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

1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Newcastle
1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

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

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: No change