Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 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"|Magherafelt Town |31.8 |2 |16.5 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Moyola |bgcolor="#99FF66"|26.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|1 |21.5 |1 |23.4 |2 |25.9 |1 |2.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |33.1 |2 |6.2 |0 |17.3 |1 |3.6 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |32.9 |5 |23.5 |4 |21.4 |4 |20.3 |3 |1.9 |0 |16 |-
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin<br /> 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain due to the addition of one seat
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP<br /> 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist<br /> 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP<br /> 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin from Independent Nationalist