1997 Dungannon District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Dungannon District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Dungannon District Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Democratic Left (Ireland)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0

Elections to Dungannon 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.

There was no change from the prior election.

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="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DL!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Blackwater|bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|15.6|0|16.0|1|25.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Clogher Valley|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|23.2|1|26.8|1|16.8|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Dungannon Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|24.5|1|14.8|1|17.3|1|7.5|1|4.9|0|6|-|align="left"|Torrent|16.7|1|bgcolor="#008800"|51.6|bgcolor="#008800"|3|15.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|16.3|1|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.3|8|30.0|5|18.2|4|14.0|3|1.7|1|5.8|1|22|-|}

District results

Blackwater

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

Clogher Valley

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Dungannon Town

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
1993-1997 Change: No change

Torrent

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change