1977 Coleraine Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Coleraine Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Coleraine Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Coleraine Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	2
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	2
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Coleraine 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 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="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|18.5|1|4.7|0|21.9|1|13.7|1|6|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|0.0|0|16.9|1|11.2|1|19.5|1|7|-|align="left"|Area C|24.6|3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|11.1|1|0.0|0|33.9|2|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.2|10|17.6|2|10.6|2|10.5|2|23.1|4|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Area C

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP