1981 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 33.3
 * 1
 * 27.2
 * 1
 * 1.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 16.2
 * 1
 * 22.5
 * 1
 * 9.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Area C
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.6
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 12.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 15.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area D
 * 32.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.6
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 11.7
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.7
 * 8
 * 30.8
 * 7
 * 18.5
 * 3
 * 3.6
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * 8.4
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * }

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

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Area B
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP

1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Area C
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Area D
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977-1981 Change: No change