1997 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane 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 ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Derg
 * 17.2
 * 1
 * 32.1
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 16.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Glenelly
 * 19.5
 * 1
 * 19.3
 * 1
 * 27.7
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Mourne
 * 30.6
 * 3
 * bgcolor="#008800"|45.3
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 11.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 12.5
 * 1
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 22.9
 * 5
 * 33.1
 * 4
 * 23.6
 * 3
 * 14.7
 * 3
 * 5.7
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * 5.7
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Derg
1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Glenelly
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Mourne
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP