1981 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon 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="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 29.4
 * 1
 * 19.4
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 15.4
 * 1
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|57.3
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|3
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 23.0
 * 1
 * 23.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 15.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area D
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 10.3
 * 0
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 18.8
 * 1
 * 13.3
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.0
 * 8
 * 20.5
 * 3
 * 17.7
 * 3
 * 4.6
 * 1
 * 26.2
 * 5
 * 20
 * }
 * 1
 * 26.2
 * 5
 * 20
 * }
 * }

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

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

1977-1981 Change: Independent Republican gain from SDLP

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

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

1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Area C
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1981: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

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

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977-1981 Change: UUP and IIP gain from Independent (two seats), Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP