1977 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 33.0
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 13.0
 * 1
 * 10.9
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 33.0
 * 2
 * 12.4
 * 0
 * 20.2
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 23.0
 * 1
 * 15.7
 * 1
 * 13.2
 * 0
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.6
 * 6
 * 33.2
 * 6
 * 13.8
 * 2
 * 14.4
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 14.4
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

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

1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance

Area B
1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

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

1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist

Area C
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance

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

1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance