1977 Dungannon District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Dungannon District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Dungannon District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Dungannon District Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Dungannon District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Independent Nationalist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Unity (Northern Ireland)
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	2

Elections to Dungannon District 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 20 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|30.2|2|9.8|1|25.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Area B|21.9|1|26.5|2|0.0|0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|51.6|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|71.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|23.8|1|0.0|0|5.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|27.2|1|17.5|1|15.0|1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|40.3|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.1|8|24.5|6|6.1|2|31.3|4|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Area C

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: No change

Area D

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