1977 Limavady District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Limavady Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Limavady District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Limavady District Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	6
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	United Unionist
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	8
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|33.0|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|13.0|1|10.9|0|6|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|33.0|2|12.4|0|20.2|1|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|23.0|1|15.7|1|13.2|0|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.6|6|33.2|6|13.8|2|14.4|1|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist

Area C

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