1997 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Craigavon Central
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 15.2
 * 1
 * 13.8
 * 1
 * 13.4
 * 1
 * 6.9
 * 1
 * 7.1
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Loughside
 * 7.2
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 35.3
 * 1
 * 0.9
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lurgan
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|64.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|5
 * 7.6
 * 1
 * 17.8
 * 1
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 4.9
 * 0
 * 0.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Portadown
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 11.0
 * 1
 * 22.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.6
 * 0
 * 23.8
 * 2
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 39.7
 * 11
 * 19.0
 * 7
 * 14.6
 * 3
 * 12.2
 * 2
 * 4.5
 * 1
 * 10.0
 * 2
 * 26
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 * 10.0
 * 2
 * 26
 * }
 * }

Craigavon Central
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

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

1993-1997 Change: No change

Loughside
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party

1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Workers' Party

Lurgan
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Portadown
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist (two seats) gain from DUP and Alliance