1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 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="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|29.9
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 29.2
 * 2
 * 12.1
 * 0
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 18.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 36.6
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 12.6
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * 23.3
 * 1
 * 13.8
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 20.7
 * 1
 * 13.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 30.1
 * 5
 * 27.5
 * 5
 * 17.6
 * 3
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 14.7
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 14.7
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist

1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from United Loyalist

Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent

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

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from United Loyalist and Independent

Area C
1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist

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

1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPNI gain from United Loyalist (two seats) and Loyalist