1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Castlereagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	4
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	4
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	United Loyalist
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Loyalist Coalition
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Castlereagh 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 19 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|33.7|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|29.7|2|20.5|1|16.1|1|6|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|28.8|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|3|18.4|2|16.4|2|36.4|1|8|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|36.3|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|27.6|2|21.5|1|14.6|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.5|7|24.8|6|18.5|4|24.2|2|19|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and Alliance gain from UUP, United Loyalist and Loyalist Coalition

Area C

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