Elections to Antrim 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 19 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="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Antrim North West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |18.6 |1 |30.9 |2 |0.0 |0 |14.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Antrim South East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |31.7 |2 |12.4 |1 |8.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Antrim Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |18.7 |1 |12.4 |1 |12.3 |1 |4.0 |0 |5.4 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.7 |10 |24.0 |4 |18.1 |4 |7.0 |1 |5.6 |0 |1.6 |0 |19
District results
Antrim North West
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Antrim South East
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Antrim Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
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