1997 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Banbridge Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 10.4
 * 1
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 8.2
 * 0
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Dromore
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 15.4
 * 1
 * 16.4
 * 1
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 6.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockiveagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 26.8
 * 1
 * 18.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.5
 * 1
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 52.4
 * 9
 * 17.9
 * 3
 * 15.3
 * 3
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 9.3
 * 2
 * 17
 * }
 * 2
 * 17
 * }
 * }

Banbridge Town
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

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

1993-1997 Change: DUP and Independent Nationalist gain from UUP and Alliance

Dromore
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

Knockiveagh
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1993-1997 Change: No change