Pottinger was one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014.

The wards of Ravenhill and Woodstock were part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, while the other four were part of the Belfast East Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies.

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, when it largely replaced the former electoral Area A.

It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, when all of its wards except Orangefield formed part of a new Titanic district electoral area.

The Orangefield ward became part of a new Lisnasharragh district electoral area.