1977 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	4
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	United Ulster Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Republican Clubs
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	4
Party8:	Independent Unionist
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	1
Party9:	Independent Nationalist
Seats9:	0
Seat Change9:	1

Elections to Craigavon 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 25 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | RC!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|14.5|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.9|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|12.8|0|10.7|0|0.0|0|16.0|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|17.3|1|19.1|1|17.9|2|3.8|0|0.0|0|3.7|0|7|-|align="left"|Area C|21.5|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|9.7|1|10.8|1|7.8|0|9.5|0|12.2|0|6|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|8.9|0|26.0|2|5.9|0|13.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|31.4|10|23.4|6|17.3|4|11.3|3|6.8|1|5.6|1|4.2|0|25|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and Republican Clubs gain from Alliance and DUP, Independent Nationalist joins SDLP

Area B

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

Area C

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

Area D

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP