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The 1984 City of Aberdeen District Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of City of Aberdeen Council, as part of that year's Scottish local elections.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 28 |  1 | 40.7 | 24,211 |  3.6 | ||||
| Alliance | 14 | 6 | 33.6 | 20,018 | 14.9 | ||||
| Conservative | 8 | 5 | 21.8 | 12,992 | 10.6 | ||||
| SNP | 0 |  0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 2,218 | 0.4 | |||
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 104 | New | |||
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