1977 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon District 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 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 30.2
 * 2
 * 9.8
 * 1
 * 25.6
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 21.9
 * 1
 * 26.5
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|51.6
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|71.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 23.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area D
 * 27.2
 * 1
 * 17.5
 * 1
 * 15.0
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|40.3
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.1
 * 8
 * 24.5
 * 6
 * 6.1
 * 2
 * 31.3
 * 4
 * 20
 * }
 * 2
 * 31.3
 * 4
 * 20
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity

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

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

Area B
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP

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

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Area C
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1973-1977 Change: No change

Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity

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

1973-1977 Change: Independent (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Unity