1977 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977.

Election Name:	1977 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Strabane District Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Independent Nationalist
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	United Loyalist Coalition
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Strabane 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 15 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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Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|14.3|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|18.2|1|31.6|1|5|-|align="left"|Area B|27.4|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|22.0|1|15.8|1|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.9|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|17.2|1|0.0|0|31.9|1|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.5|5|29.5|5|13.6|2|26.4|3|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from Alliance, United Loyalist Coalition joins DUP

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance