1977 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | RC !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 14.5
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.9
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 12.8
 * 0
 * 10.7
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 17.3
 * 1
 * 19.1
 * 1
 * 17.9
 * 2
 * 3.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.7
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Area C
 * 21.5
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 9.7
 * 1
 * 10.8
 * 1
 * 7.8
 * 0
 * 9.5
 * 0
 * 12.2
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area D
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 8.9
 * 0
 * 26.0
 * 2
 * 5.9
 * 0
 * 13.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.4
 * 10
 * 23.4
 * 6
 * 17.3
 * 4
 * 11.3
 * 3
 * 6.8
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 1
 * 4.2
 * 0
 * 25
 * }
 * 4.2
 * 0
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x UUP

1973-1977 Change: SDLP and Republican Clubs gain from Alliance and DUP, Independent Nationalist joins SDLP

Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from Vanguard (two seats), Independent Unionist joins UUP

Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

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

1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard

Area D
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard

1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP

1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP