Elections to Moyle 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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballycastle |25.2 |1 |20.5 |1 |11.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|42.7 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2 |5 |- |align="left"|Giant's Causeway |0.0 |0 |29.3 |2 |17.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#0077FF"|53.1 |bgcolor="#0077FF"|2 |5 |- |align="left"|The Glens |bgcolor="#99FF66"|55.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |10.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |14.2 |1 |19.9 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |29.6 |4 |19.3 |3 |8.8 |2 |5.6 |1 |36.7 |5 |15
District results
Ballycastle
1985: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 1989: 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
Giant's Causeway
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
The Glens
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: No change
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