Elections to Coleraine 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 21 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bann |bgcolor="40BFF5"|59.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |13.6 |1 |24.4 |2 |2.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Coleraine Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |33.9 |2 |7.0 |0 |8.0 |1 |9.8 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|The Skerries |bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |24.2 |2 |7.8 |0 |13.1 |1 |11.5 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |48.5 |10 |23.4 |5 |13.5 |2 |7.9 |2 |6.7 |2 |21
District results
Bann
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Coleraine Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
The Skerries
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
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