1997 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 24 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena North
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 22.0
 * 1
 * 16.8
 * 1
 * 7.8
 * 1
 * 16.6
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballymena South
 * 36.6
 * 3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.9
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bannside
 * 32.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 16.4
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Braid
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 32.7
 * 1
 * 19.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 38.3
 * 11
 * 36.7
 * 8
 * 17.5
 * 3
 * 2.0
 * 1
 * 5.5
 * 1
 * 24
 * }
 * 1
 * 5.5
 * 1
 * 24
 * }
 * }

Ballymena North
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: No change

Ballymena South
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Bannside
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Braid
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

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

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP