Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Crotlieve |bgcolor="#99FF66"|64.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|5 |20.8 |1 |4.2 |0 |10.5 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Newry Town |bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |10.4 |1 |14.6 |1 |27.8 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Slieve Gullion |bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |0.0 |0 |39.4 |2 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Fews |bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |31.9 |2 |15.4 |1 |9.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Mournes |bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |26.0 |2 |3.1 |0 |38.5 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |49.4 |17 |18.5 |6 |14.0 |4 |18.1 |3 |30
District results
Crotlieve
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Newry Town
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Slieve Gullion
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change
The Fews
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
The Mournes
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
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