Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 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 ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Enniskillen |bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |13.5 |1 |14.2 |1 |10.5 |1 |12.6 |1 |3.6 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Erne East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |19.3 |1 |30.5 |2 |4.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |8.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Erne North |bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |27.7 |2 |10.4 |0 |19.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Erne West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |16.8 |1 |26.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |23.6 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |39.9 |10 |18.7 |5 |20.4 |4 |8.6 |2 |3.8 |1 |8.6 |1 |23
District results
Enniskillen
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party 1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin
Erne East
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin
Erne North
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Erne West
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
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