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Elections to Roxburgh District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 16 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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| Independent | 12 | 0 | 4 |  4 | 75.0 | 63.3 | 2,816 | 36.7 | |
| Liberal | 2 | 2 | 0 |  2 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 393 | New | |
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 15.3 | 681 | New | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 561 | New | |
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