Elections to Down District Council were held on 19 May 1993 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballynahinch |bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |30.8 |2 |19.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Downpatrick |bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|6 |13.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |21.3 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Newcastle |bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |20.9 |1 |6.7 |1 |16.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Rowallane |29.0 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |16.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |51.2 |13 |28.5 |7 |9.9 |3 |10.4 |0 |23
District results
Ballynahinch
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: No change
Downpatrick
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Newcastle
1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Rowallane
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: No change
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