Elections to Magherafelt 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 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Magherafelt Town |27.4 |1 |18.5 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |15.9 |1 |1.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Moyola |21.3 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|29.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |21.5 |1 |24.2 |1 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |14.4 |1 |10.8 |0 |26.6 |1 |17.0 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |26.7 |4 |20.7 |4 |23.4 |3 |22.1 |3 |7.1 |1 |15 |- |}