Magherafelt (District Electoral Area)

Magherafelt is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.

[1] The district elects five members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Coolshinny, Glebe, Lissan, The Loup and Town Parks East.

[2] Magherafelt forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Magherafelt Area C which had existed since 1973.

For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Glebe.