1977 Down District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Down District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Down District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Down District Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Down District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats4:	0
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Down District 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

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|19.9|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|13.5|1|16.5|0|7|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|18.4|1|8.5|1|14.3|0|6|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|26.9|2|13.5|1|6.2|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|44.6|10|31.4|7|11.8|3|12.2|0|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Vanguard

Area B

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

Area C

1973: 4 x SDLP, 3 x UUP
1977: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP