1977 Armagh District Council election explained

Election Name:	1977 Armagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Armagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Armagh District Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Armagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|33.2|1|23.0|1|6.6|0|0.0|0|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|15.4|1|20.7|1|9.8|1|7.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Area C|36.9|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|11.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|28.5|2|7.0|0|0.0|0|34.0|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.8|9|30.3|7|12.8|2|4.5|1|13.6|1|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP