Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballymena Town |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |23.7 |2 |21.8 |1 |14.0 |1 |13.7 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Braid Valley |40.9 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |17.4 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Kells Water |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4 |36.5 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |4.8 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Main |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4 |23.7 |1 |11.4 |0 |8.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |44.8 |12 |30.8 |7 |9.2 |1 |6.1 |1 |9.1 |2 |23
Districts results
Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1989: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
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