Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 17 May 1989, on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Magherafelt Town |27.4 |1 |18.5 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |15.9 |1 |1.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Moyola |21.3 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |21.5 |1 |24.2 |1 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |14.4 |1 |10.8 |0 |26.6 |1 |17.0 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |26.7 |4 |20.7 |4 |23.4 |3 |22.1 |3 |7.1 |1 |15
District results
Magherafelt Town
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change
Moyola
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Sperrin
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
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