Elections to Derry City Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
<small>Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.</small>
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Cityside |bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |44.7 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Northland |bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.6 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|5 |22.8 |2 |2.4 |0 |0.0 |0 |18.2 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Rural |bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.7 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |6.0 |1 |22.3 |1 |21.0 |2 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Shantallow |bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |26.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.0 |0 |5.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Waterside |18.8 |2 |8.6 |0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |17.9 |1 |17.7 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |46.9 |17 |20.5 |5 |13.3 |5 |9.2 |2 |10.1 |1 |30 |-
1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist<br /> 1993: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1989-1993 Change: SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from Independent Unionist and due to the addition of one seat
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP<br /> 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 1989-1993 Change: UUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1989-1993 Change: No change
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist<br /> 1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist<br /> 1989-1993 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UDP and due to the addition of one seat