Elections to Larne Borough 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Coast Road |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |30.0 |1 |13.1 |1 |20.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Lough |bgcolor="40BFF5"|61.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |27.4 |2 |11.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Larne Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |29.4 |1 |10.0 |1 |29.6 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.7 |7 |29.1 |4 |11.5 |2 |16.7 |2 |15
Districts results
Coast Road
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Larne Lough
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Larne Town
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
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