1997 Armagh City and District Council election

Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Armagh City
 * 25.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 25.9
 * 2
 * 8.1
 * 0
 * 2.6
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Crossmore
 * 30.8
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 19.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Cusher
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|59.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 14.3
 * 1
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 21.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Orchard
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 24.5
 * 1
 * 9.4
 * 0
 * 16.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 42.0
 * 10
 * 30.8
 * 7
 * 14.6
 * 3
 * 11.9
 * 2
 * 0.7
 * 0
 * 22
 * }
 * 0.7
 * 0
 * 22
 * }
 * }

Armagh City
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Crossmore
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cusher
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: No change

The Orchard
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: No change