Elections to Armagh District 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 22 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"|Armagh City |29.6 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |10.4 |0 |13.3 |1 |3.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Crossmore |36.7 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |0.0 |0 |9.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Cusher |bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |15.1 |1 |18.9 |1 |4.3 |0 |1.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Orchard |bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |20.9 |1 |16.5 |1 |7.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |46.6 |11 |31.7 |8 |12.2 |2 |8.2 |1 |1.3 |0 |22
District results
Armagh City
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Crossmore
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Cusher
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
The Orchard
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
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