1997 Armagh City and District Council election explained

See main article: 1997 Northern Ireland local elections.

Election Name:	1997 Armagh City and District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Armagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Armagh City and District Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2

Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 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="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Armagh City|25.3|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|25.9|2|8.1|0|2.6|0|6|-|align="left"|Crossmore|30.8|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|19.8|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Cusher|bgcolor="40BFF5"|59.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|14.3|1|4.8|0|21.4|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|The Orchard|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|24.5|1|9.4|0|16.4|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.0|10|30.8|7|14.6|3|11.9|2|0.7|0|22|-|}

Districts results

Armagh City

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Crossmore

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cusher

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

The Orchard

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change