1977 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | NILP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 23.3
 * 2
 * 12.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.7
 * 1
 * 17.4
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 21.2
 * 2
 * 13.0
 * 1
 * 22.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.2
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 36.6
 * 1
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.8
 * 6
 * 20.8
 * 5
 * 13.8
 * 3
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 1
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 17
 * }
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 17
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 6 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1973-1977 Change: Alliance (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (three seats)

Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Loyalist

Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP