Elections to Limavady 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bellarena |36.9 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |11.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Benbradagh |bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |31.7 |2 |0.0 |0 |30.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Limavady Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |22.7 |1 |26.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |6.0 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |39.9 |7 |36.6 |6 |11.8 |1 |9.6 |1 |2.1 |0 |15
District results
Bellarena
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Benbradagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Limavady Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985–1989 Change: No change
References