1997 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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 16 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Magherafelt Town
 * 24.9
 * 1
 * 23.2
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 1.5
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Moyola
 * bgcolor="#008800"|34.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 19.2
 * 1
 * 22.0
 * 1
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Sperrin
 * bgcolor="#008800"|51.0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 25.3
 * 2
 * 9.9
 * 0
 * 12.1
 * 1
 * 1.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 36.5
 * 5
 * 22.6
 * 5
 * 20.6
 * 3
 * 14.3
 * 3
 * 6.0
 * 0
 * 16
 * }
 * 0
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Magherafelt Town
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Moyola
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Sperrin
1993: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change