1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Ballymoney District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Independent (politician)
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	3
Party7:	Independent Nationalist
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 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.

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="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|37.6|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|0.0|0|10.2|0|9.7|0|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|18.1|1|30.6|3|0.0|0|14.2|1|8|-|align="left"|Area C|7.6|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|22.0|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|70.4|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|29.4|5|19.2|3|15.1|3|8.3|1|28.0|4|16|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

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

Area C

1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: No change