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Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1989^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	6	0	0	0	37.5	35.1	2,254	5.2
DUP	6	0	0	0	37.5	33.9	2,185	8.0
SDLP	3	1	0	1	18.8	21.7	1,401	9.0
Independent	1	0	0	0	6.3	0.0	0	7.1
Sinn Féin	0	0	1	1	0.0	9.3	600	3.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1989
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Ballymoney Town	N/A	2	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A	1	5
Bann Valley	30.8	2	35.8	2	23.6	2	9.8	0	6
Bushvale	40.8	2	31.3	2	19.2	1	8.7	0	5
Total	35.1	6	33.9	6	21.7	3	9.3	1	16

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: No change

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	DUP	Cecil Cousley*	N/A	N/A
	UUP	James McKeown	N/A	N/A
	Independent	Robert McComb*	N/A	N/A
	DUP	Sam McConaghie	N/A	N/A
	UUP	James Simpson*	N/A	N/A
Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A

As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Joe Gaston*	21.21%	790
	DUP	Robert Halliday	19.06%	710
	UUP	John Watt	9.56%	356	558.95
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	11.52%	429	457.05	570.3
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	12.08%	450	452.31	452.56	455.47
	SDLP	Charley O'Kane	11.54%	430	430	430.25	431
	Sinn Féin	Una Casey	9.80%	365	365.33	365.58	365.58
	DUP	Daniel Taylor	5.23%	195	216.45	273.2
Electorate: 6,284 Valid: 3,725 (59.28%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,816 (60.73%)

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Bushvale - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	UUP	John Ramsay*	21.18%	575
	UUP	William Logan*	19.63%	533
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	19.19%	521
	DUP	Bill Kennedy	18.31%	497
	DUP	Donald McKenzie	13.04%	354	474.32
	Sinn Féin	Malachy Carey	8.66%	235	235
Electorate: 4,942 Valid: 2,715 (54.94%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 453 Turnout: 2,774 (56.13%)