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.
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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballynahinch |bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |36.1 |2 |13.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |4.8 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Downpatrick |bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|5 |14.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |7.2 |1 |12.8 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Newcastle |bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |28.1 |2 |6.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |10.8 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Rowallane |26.9 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |16.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |6.3 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |49.2 |12 |31.1 |8 |8.5 |2 |2.2 |1 |9.0 |0 |23
District results
Ballynahinch
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
Downpatrick
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
Newcastle
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
Rowallane
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
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