1977 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Ballymena Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Ballymena Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	6
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	5
Party3:	Independent Unionist
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Party6:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|28.3|1|0.0|0|35.1|1|4|-|align="left"|Area B|N/A|4|N/A|2|N/A|0|N/A|0|6|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|13.3|0|0.0|0|36.2|2|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|18.4|1|12.0|1|35.3|2|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|40.1|11|19.5|4|5.2|1|35.2|5|21|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP

• As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Area B and all six candidates were deemed elected.

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 3 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) leave UUP and Vanguard

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP