1997 Fermanagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Fermanagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Fermanagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Fermanagh District Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Socialist
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0

Elections to Fermanagh 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 23 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="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Enniskillen|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|16.8|1|15.3|1|9.5|1|11.2|1|7|-|align="left"|Erne East|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|32.8|2|15.3|1|4.5|0|11.1|1|6|-|align="left"|Erne North|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|12.0|1|24.1|1|16.7|1|1.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Erne West|bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|30.2|1|15.8|1|0.0|0|21.1|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|40.4|9|23.5|5|17.3|4|7.4|2|11.4|3|23|-|}

District results

Enniskillen

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

Erne East

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

Erne North

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

Erne West

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