1981 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District Council, in Northern Ireland, were held on 20 May 1981, the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five 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 ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * 21.3
 * 2
 * 19.6
 * 1
 * 13.8
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|37.0
 * bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|1
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area B
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.0
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 12.4
 * 0
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area C
 * 27.6
 * 1
 * bgcolor=#32CD32|33.7
 * bgcolor=#32CD32|1
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 7.9
 * 0
 * 14.3
 * 1
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area D
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 15.8
 * 0
 * 25.9
 * 1
 * 18.6
 * 1
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area E
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 22.5
 * 1
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 12.6
 * 0
 * 10.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 34.0
 * 8
 * 22.3
 * 4
 * 17.8
 * 4
 * 12.3
 * 2
 * 13.6
 * 2
 * 20
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 * 2
 * 13.6
 * 2
 * 20
 * }
 * }

Area A
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent

1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Republican

1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent, Independent Republican leaves Unity

Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUUP and SDLP

Area C
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1977-1981 Change: Unity joins IIP

Area D
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP

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

1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from SDLP, UUUP joins DUP

Area E
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP

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

1977-1981 Change: UUP and IIP gain from SDLP and UUUP