1977 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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 16 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="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 30.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|69.6
 * bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 30.5
 * 2
 * 18.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|51.2
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|4
 * 8
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.9
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 19.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 28.4
 * 1
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 22.6
 * 3
 * 17.6
 * 3
 * 7.7
 * 2
 * 52.1
 * 8
 * 16
 * }
 * 52.1
 * 8
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Area A
1973: 4 x Independent

1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent

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

Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

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

1973-1977 Change: No change