1977 Down District Council election

Elections to Down 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 20 councillors.

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

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

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 19.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 13.5
 * 1
 * 16.5
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 18.4
 * 1
 * 8.5
 * 1
 * 14.3
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 26.9
 * 2
 * 13.5
 * 1
 * 6.2
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 44.6
 * 10
 * 31.4
 * 7
 * 11.8
 * 3
 * 12.2
 * 0
 * 20
 * }
 * 0
 * 20
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Vanguard

Area B
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Area C
1973: 4 x SDLP, 3 x UUP

1977: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP