2005 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena North
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 21.2
 * 2
 * 11.0
 * 1
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * 19.1
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballymena South
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|61.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5
 * 19.1
 * 1
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 5.9
 * 0
 * 1.5
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bannside
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|62.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 8.6
 * 0
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Braid
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 27.1
 * 1
 * 10.0
 * 1
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 55.2
 * 14
 * 21.6
 * 5
 * 10.4
 * 3
 * 7.6
 * 1
 * 5.2
 * 1
 * 24
 * }
 * 1
 * 5.2
 * 1
 * 24
 * }
 * }

Ballymena North
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Ballymena South
2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Bannside
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Braid
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP