1981 Omagh District Council election

Elections to Omagh 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Area A
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 23.3
 * 1
 * 24.5
 * 1
 * 14.8
 * 1
 * 1.6
 * 0
 * 3.6
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Area B
 * 8.7
 * 0
 * 13.8
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
 * 17.0
 * 1
 * 12.6
 * 1
 * 22.5
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Area C
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.3
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 17.4
 * 2
 * 19.3
 * 1
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * 1.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Area D
 * 23.6
 * 1
 * bgcolor=#32CD32|37.7
 * bgcolor=#32CD32|2
 * 10.2
 * 0
 * 13.8
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 9.1
 * 0
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 25.0
 * 5
 * 22.2
 * 5
 * 19.5
 * 4
 * 16.6
 * 4
 * 9.0
 * 2
 * 7.7
 * 0
 * 20
 * }
 * 2
 * 7.7
 * 0
 * 20
 * }
 * }

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

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

1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist joins IIP

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

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

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


 * Data missing from stage 7 onwards

Area D
1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs

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

1977-1981 Change: IIP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP, Alliance and Republican Clubs