Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

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1989 Belfast City Council election

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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist Sinn Féin SDLP Seats won 14 8 8 Seat change 0 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Alliance Ind. Unionist Seats won 8 6 4 Seat change 3 2 2   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party Workers' Party PUP Protestant Unionist Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 0 0
Lord Mayor before election Nigel Dodds DUP Lord Mayor Reg Empey Ulster Unionist

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The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.

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Belfast Local Election Result 1989^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	14	1	1	0	27.5	21.7	22,846	2.7
	Sinn Féin	8	1	0	1	15.7	18.7	19,688	3.1
	SDLP	8	2	0	2	15.7	16.1	16,937	1.9
	DUP	8	0	3	3	15.7	14.8	15,618	5.1
	Alliance	6	0	2	2	11.8	10.9	11,479	0.6
	Ind. Unionist	4	2	0	2	7.8	6.7	7,013	3.2
	Workers' Party	1	0	0	0	2.0	5.3	5,571	1.5
	PUP	1	0	0	0	2.0	2.5	2,533	0.3
	Protestant Unionist	1	0	0	0	2.0	1.3	1,408	1.3
	Ulster Democratic	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	908	0.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	717	0.7
	Labour Party NI	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	212	New
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	175	0.0
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.08	95	New
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.02	27	New

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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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