Elections to Strabane 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Derg |19.0 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |10.6 |1 |21.1 |1 |1.1 |0 |23.0 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Glenelly |26.5 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |24.6 |1 |10.2 |0 |2.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Mourne |16.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |18.9 |1 |30.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|34.3 |bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |20.3 |3 |19.7 |3 |17.9 |3 |21.1 |2 |1.1 |1 |19.9 |2 |15
District results
Derg
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist
Glenelly
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Mourne
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
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