Elections to Craigavon 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 26 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Craigavon Central |bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |13.2 |1 |17.5 |1 |8.0 |1 |8.1 |0 |4.9 |0 |3.3 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Loughside |14.7 |0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |18.9 |1 |12.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lurgan |bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |12.3 |1 |20.1 |2 |6.6 |0 |3.3 |0 |1.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Portadown |bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |13.2 |1 |16.0 |2 |7.2 |1 |6.4 |0 |1.4 |0 |10.8 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.4 |12 |21.0 |6 |14.4 |4 |5.8 |2 |8.4 |1 |4.3 |1 |3.7 |0 |26
District results
Craigavon Central
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party
Loughside
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Lurgan
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
Portadown
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin
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