Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Magherafelt Town |bgcolor="#008800"|41.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |22.3 |1 |17.7 |1 |10.2 |1 |8.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Moyola |bgcolor="#008800"|48.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |17.1 |1 |8.6 |0 |11.2 |1 |15.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#008800"|55.6 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |9.7 |1 |20.6 |1 |8.3 |0 |5.8 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |48.4 |9 |16.3 |3 |15.9 |2 |9.8 |2 |9.6 |0 |16
District results
Magherafelt Town
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Moyola
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Sperrin
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2005-2011 Change: No change
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