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Elections to Limavady Borough 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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 46.7 | 39.9 | 4,695 |  0.5 | |
| SDLP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 36.6 | 4,312 | 3.7 | |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 1,386 | 2.1 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 1,136 | 0.9 | |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 241 | 0.2 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
| Bellarena | 36.9 | 2 | 51.5 | 3 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 37.5 | 2 | 31.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 45.0 | 3 | 22.7 | 1 | 26.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.9 | 7 | 36.6 | 6 | 11.8 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 15 |
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Stanley Gault* | 19.71% | 797 | |||
| SDLP | John McKinney | 19.42% | 785 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Grant* | 17.21% | 696 | |||
| SDLP | Arthur Doherty * | 16.72% | 676 | |||
| SDLP | Thomas Mullan* | 15.29% | 618 | 620.88 | 725.32 | |
| DUP | Ernest Murray* | 11.65% | 471 | 585.4 | 589.18 | |
| Electorate: 6,002 Valid: 4,043 (67.36%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 674 Turnout: 4,116 (68.58%) | ||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Lawrence Hegarty* | 26.75% | 987 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | David Robinson* | 25.45% | 939 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas Donaghy | 21.49% | 793 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Max Gault* | 12.09% | 446 | 446.84 | 768.84 | |||
| SDLP | Gerard Lynch | 4.93% | 182 | 523.04 | 523.74 | 528.8 | 542.1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Hasson* | 9.30% | 343 | 368.62 | 368.62 | 533.3 | 533.65 | |
| Electorate: 5,745 Valid: 3,690 (64.23%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 616 Turnout: 3,794 (66.04%) | ||||||||
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985–1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald Cartwright* | 23.80% | 961 | ||||
| DUP | George Robinson * | 22.67% | 915 | ||||
| SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 16.99% | 686 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Dolan* | 11.94% | 482 | 723.2 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Norman Reynolds | 9.26% | 374 | 412.1 | 639.98 | 698.98 | |
| SDLP | Brian McWilliams | 9.36% | 378 | 378.6 | 379.41 | 481.41 | |
| Alliance | Joseph McGuigan | 5.97% | 241 | 244.3 | 250.24 | ||
| Electorate: 6,571 Valid: 4,037 (61.44%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,112 (62.58%) | |||||||
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Bellarena was one of the three district electoral areas in Limavady, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Limavady Borough Council, and formed part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
