1973 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 13.6
 * 1
 * 2.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 38.8
 * 1
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 39.1
 * 2
 * 5.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="DDDDDD"|39.6
 * bgcolor="DDDDDD"|3
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.9
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 18.4
 * 1
 * 4.5
 * 0
 * 22.4
 * 1
 * 13.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area D
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 22.8
 * 1
 * 11.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.7
 * 1
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 37.9
 * 9
 * 24.2
 * 5
 * 6.4
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 1
 * 25.9
 * 5
 * 21
 * }
 * 1
 * 25.9
 * 5
 * 21
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard

Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent


 * Data missing from stage 9