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Elections to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council were held on 3 May 1977, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.
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Elections to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council were held on 3 May 1977, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| SNP | 7 | 1 | 1 |  | 70.0 | 46.6 | 9,873 |  3.1 | |
| Labour | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 30.0 | 37.8 | 7,997 | 7.7 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 11.7 | 2,468 | New | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.5 | 533 | 1.9 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 209 | New | |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 76 | 0.1 | |
Source: [1]
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