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Elections to Down District Council were held on 17 May 1989 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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 12 | 2 | 0 |  2 | 52.2 | 49.2 | 12,227 | 7.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34.8 | 31.1 | 7,716 | 0.8 | |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 2,110 | 3.7 | |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 534 | 3.0 | |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1,194 | 1.7 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 393 | 2.6 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 351 | 0.8 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 193 | 0.8 | |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 107 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Ballynahinch | 45.3 | 2 | 36.1 | 2 | 13.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Downpatrick | 65.1 | 5 | 14.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 12.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 54.2 | 4 | 28.1 | 2 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 26.9 | 1 | 50.7 | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 49.2 | 12 | 31.1 | 8 | 8.5 | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 23 |
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Toman | 21.33% | 1,222 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Cochrane* | 21.01% | 1,204 | |||||
| SDLP | James Magee* | 17.19% | 985 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons | 15.08% | 864 | 865.54 | 1,053.91 | |||
| DUP | Thomas Poole* | 13.79% | 790 | 791.98 | 848.47 | 935.26 | 967.26 | |
| SDLP | Patrick King | 6.77% | 388 | 630.88 | 631.51 | 632.17 | 750.17 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McGreevy | 2.97% | 170 | 180.12 | 180.12 | 180.34 | ||
| Green (NI) | Philip Allen | 1.87% | 107 | 109.2 | 111.51 | 115.8 | ||
| Electorate: 8,529 Valid: 5,730 (67.18%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 956 Turnout: 5,856 (68.66%) | ||||||||
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Alliance gain from Sinn Féin and Workers' Party
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 16.09% | 1,198 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel McCartney* | 14.91% | 1,110 | ||||||
| SDLP | John Ritchie* | 11.93% | 888 | 918.59 | 927.23 | 959.23 | |||
| SDLP | Sean Quinn* | 10.64% | 792 | 823.74 | 832.38 | 892.86 | 983.86 | ||
| SDLP | Malachi Curran | 9.60% | 715 | 803.55 | 807.39 | 854.04 | 926.81 | 938.01 | |
| SDLP | John Doris | 9.50% | 707 | 744.26 | 750.98 | 787.55 | 845.7 | 870.5 | |
| Alliance | Michael Healy | 7.17% | 534 | 543.89 | 665.17 | 744.33 | 773.88 | 779.48 | |
| SDLP | Mary Breen | 7.36% | 548 | 596.53 | 600.69 | 645.47 | 714.39 | 725.59 | |
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine Ritchie* | 7.35% | 547 | 554.36 | 555.32 | 595.88 | |||
| Workers' Party | Monica Hynds | 2.87% | 214 | 217.45 | 231.21 | ||||
| Independent Labour | William Hampton | 2.59% | 193 | 197.14 | 204.82 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,698 Valid: 7,446 (63.65%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 931 Turnout: 7,599 (64.96%) | |||||||||
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Sinn Féin and DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Gerald Douglas* | 22.00% | 1,329 | |||||||
| SDLP | Michael Boyd* | 21.04% | 1,271 | |||||||
| SDLP | Eamon O'Neill * | 18.09% | 1,093 | |||||||
| SDLP | Peter Fitzpatrick | 8.97% | 542 | 546.32 | 762.14 | 792.46 | 910.9 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Brown * | 6.06% | 366 | 761.28 | 765.9 | 781.42 | 782.26 | 1,151.26 | ||
| SDLP | Cathal O'Baoill | 6.11% | 369 | 376.56 | 521.43 | 588.71 | 665.15 | 669.72 | 679.72 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Fitzpatrick | 7.89% | 477 | 477.36 | 491.22 | 511.87 | 534.13 | 534.85 | 534.85 | |
| DUP | John Finlay | 6.89% | 416 | 465.68 | 466.34 | 470.7 | 471.33 | |||
| Workers' Party | Henry Robinson | 2.96% | 179 | 183.32 | 199.16 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,641 Valid: 6,042 (62.67%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 864 Turnout: 6,208 (64.39%) | ||||||||||
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Margaret Ritchie * | 26.91% | 1,509 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Osborne* | 23.58% | 1,322 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Albert Colmer | 13.93% | 781 | 915 | 1,104.9 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Biggerstaff* | 13.20% | 740 | 892 | 969.4 | |||
| DUP | William Dick* | 11.63% | 652 | 678 | 717.3 | 779.1 | 1,013.1 | |
| Ind. Unionist | William Walker | 6.26% | 351 | 413 | 461.9 | 480.8 | 488.8 | |
| DUP | William Greer | 4.49% | 252 | 311 | 334.4 | 371.3 | ||
| Electorate: 8,574 Valid: 5,607 (65.40%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 935 Turnout: 5,713 (66.63%) | ||||||||
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