1997 Omagh District Council election

Elections to Omagh 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 21 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Labour !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Mid Tyrone
 * bgcolor="#008800"|47.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 18.9
 * 2
 * 14.6
 * 1
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 0.7
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.6
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Omagh Town
 * 20.0
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|26.9
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 16.2
 * 1
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 7.2
 * 1
 * 8.8
 * 1
 * 0.6
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|West Tyrone
 * 24.3
 * 2
 * 24.7
 * 2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 14.6
 * 1
 * 2.8
 * 0
 * 1.8
 * 0
 * 6.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.4
 * 6
 * 23.2
 * 6
 * 18.9
 * 4
 * 14.6
 * 3
 * 3.3
 * 1
 * 3.2
 * 1
 * 5.4
 * 0
 * 21
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 * 5.4
 * 0
 * 21
 * }
 * }

Mid Tyrone
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist

Omagh Town
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour

1993-1997 Change: Independent Labour joins Labour Coalition

West Tyrone
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

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

1993-1997 Change: No change