1977 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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 ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | RC !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.8
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 26.2
 * 2
 * 10.0
 * 0
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|24.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 14.8
 * 1
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 20.0
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 10.2
 * 1
 * 31.4
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.4
 * 0
 * 13.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 35.1
 * 5
 * 20.1
 * 4
 * 18.7
 * 3
 * 8.5
 * 1
 * 6.3
 * 1
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs

1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from SDLP

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

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

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

Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist

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

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, United Loyalist joins DUP