Elections to Cookstown 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 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballinderry |bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |25.6 |2 |21.1 |1 |24.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Cookstown Central |26.3 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |27.6 |1 |11.4 |0 |5.2 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Drum Manor |21.5 |1 |16.8 |1 |21.4 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|24.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|1 |16.3 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |25.8 |5 |24.0 |5 |23.2 |3 |20.3 |2 |6.7 |1 |16
District results
Ballinderry
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Cookstown Central
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Drum Manor
1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: No change
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