Elections to Ards 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 20 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ards Peninsula |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |30.0 |2 |23.6 |2 |8.1 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Ards West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |27.8 |2 |17.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Newtownards |32.1 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|38.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |14.7 |1 |14.3 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |41.3 |8 |32.2 |7 |18.8 |4 |7.7 |1 |20
Districts results
Ards Peninsula
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent
Ards West
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Newtownards
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP 1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from NILP
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