Elections to Carrickfergus 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 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Carrick Castle |18.9 |1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|35.5 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |15.4 |1 |15.1 |1 |15.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Kilroot |bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |25.3 |1 |14.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |18.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Knockagh Monument |23.4 |1 |21.9 |1 |19.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="AADFFF"|35.5 |bgcolor="AADFFF"|2 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.7 |4 |27.1 |4 |16.4 |3 |4.6 |1 |23.2 |3 |15
Districts results
Carrick Castle
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Kilroot
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Knockagh Monument
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
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