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Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45.0 | 38.8 | 8,116 | 6.6 | |
SDLP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 30.3 | 6,341 | 7.6 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 2,665 | 1.5 | |
UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 932 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 839 | 4.0 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1,332 | 1.4 | |
Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 507 | 2.3 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 169 | 4.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | UUUP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 37.2 | 2 | 33.2 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 47.1 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 6 |
Area C | 36.9 | 2 | 51.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 30.5 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 38.8 | 9 | 30.3 | 7 | 12.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 13.6 | 1 | 20 |
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Douglas Hutchinson * | 23.00% | 821 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Huey* | 19.27% | 688 | 785 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 17.93% | 640 | 738 | |||
SDLP | Francis McIlvanna | 17.70% | 632 | 633 | 650 | 651 | |
SDLP | Francis Kernan | 15.49% | 553 | 561 | 598 | 605 | |
UUUP | Noel Lyttle | 6.61% | 236 | ||||
Electorate: 5,767 Valid: 3,570 (61.90%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 715 Turnout: 3,792 (65.75%) |
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Henning* | 16.55% | 1,177 | ||||||||
SDLP | Seamus Mallon * | 15.35% | 1,092 | ||||||||
DUP | Thomas Black* | 15.14% | 1,077 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William McClelland | 13.51% | 961 | 1,044.85 | |||||||
UUUP | Francis Little | 7.79% | 554 | 561.93 | 562.23 | 572.43 | 659.79 | 662.24 | 977.33 | 988.36 | |
Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers | 9.86% | 701 | 727.39 | 727.49 | 729.49 | 745.3 | 754.15 | 807.96 | 895.12 | |
Ulster Unionist | George Parks | 7.21% | 513 | 539.65 | 539.85 | 544.5 | 555.78 | 572.53 | 622.83 | 794.32 | |
Alliance | James McAfee | 4.37% | 311 | 311.91 | 360.31 | 360.51 | 361.51 | 530.1 | 530.1 | ||
DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.58% | 397 | 398.69 | 398.69 | 430.34 | 454.26 | 455.46 | |||
Alliance | Christina Glendinning | 2.64% | 188 | 190.6 | 210.7 | 211.5 | 214.65 | ||||
UUUP | David Robb | 2.00% | 142 | 143.43 | 143.43 | 147.03 | |||||
Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 7,113 (67.24%) Spoilt: 257 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,370 (69.67%) |
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Eleanor Boyd | 23.24% | 1,153 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 19.27% | 956 | ||||
SDLP | James McKernan | 17.66% | 876 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 13.71% | 680 | 985.08 | |||
SDLP | Joseph Fullerton | 14.82% | 735 | 737.61 | 741.09 | 851.13 | |
Alliance | Eugene Connolly* | 11.31% | 561 | 575.21 | 691.5 | 708.3 | |
Electorate: 7,216 Valid: 4,961 (68.75%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 827 Turnout: 5,241 (72.63%) |
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Armstrong* | 19.17% | 1,008 | |||||||||
Independent Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 15.96% | 839 | 839.78 | 866.91 | 866.91 | 896.91 | |||||
SDLP | Oliver Tobin* | 13.05% | 686 | 686 | 711 | 712.13 | 784.52 | 981.52 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Norman Creswell* | 7.51% | 395 | 481.84 | 485.84 | 697.65 | 807.47 | 808.47 | 1,124.47 | |||
SDLP | Pat Brannigan | 9.76% | 513 | 513.78 | 528.78 | 531.78 | 555.91 | 658.04 | 660.3 | 673.3 | 765.7 | |
Republican Clubs | Patrick Houlahan | 9.64% | 507 | 507 | 546 | 547 | 553 | 582 | 583.39 | 590.39 | 602.39 | |
DUP | Letitia McClenaghan | 7.04% | 370 | 374.42 | 374.55 | 385.72 | 394.24 | 394.24 | ||||
SDLP | James McAvinchey | 5.67% | 298 | 298.26 | 317.26 | 318.26 | 339.39 | |||||
Alliance | Norah Dawson | 5.17% | 272 | 274.73 | 302.99 | 309.03 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Mercer* | 3.80% | 200 | 233.41 | 237.54 | |||||||
Independent Labour | Paddy Grimes | 3.21% | 169 | 169.65 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,619 Valid: 5,257 (60.99%) Spoilt: 240 Quota: 877 Turnout: 5,497 (63.78%) |
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