1977 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 19.1
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|22.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
 * 11.0
 * 1
 * 17.7
 * 1
 * 29.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 28.4
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 19.8
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area C
 * 36.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.3
 * 0
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 30.2
 * 5
 * 28.4
 * 4
 * 14.8
 * 3
 * 5.9
 * 1
 * 20.7
 * 2
 * 15
 * }
 * 2
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP

Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican

1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist

Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP