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All 36 seats to Falkirk District Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Falkirk District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 36 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SNP | 22 | ![]() | 61.1 | 47.2 | 21,111 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 8 | ![]() | 22.2 | 31.0 | 13,870 | ![]() | |||
Independent | 4 | ![]() | 11.1 | 14.1 | 6,287 | ![]() | |||
Conservative | 2 | ![]() | 5.6 | 6.3 | 2,801 | ![]() | |||
SLP | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.8 | 362 | New | |||
Liberal | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.7 | 295 | New |
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