1993 Down District Council election
# 1993 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District Council were held on 19 May 1993 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

Down District Council Election Result 1993 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 13,102 | 2.0 |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 7,300 | 2.6 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 2,545 | 1.4 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 971 | 1.6 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 815 | 1.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 694 | 2.7 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 151 | 1.0 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Down District Council election, 1993 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballynahinch | 49.4 | 2 | 30.8 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Downpatrick | 65.3 | 6 | 13.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 56.4 | 4 | 20.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 29.0 | 1 | 54.4 | 3 | 16.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 51.2 | 13 | 28.5 | 7 | 9.9 | 3 | 10.4 | 0 | 23 |

## Districts results

### Ballynahinch

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: No change

### Downpatrick

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

### Newcastle

1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Rowallane

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: No change

