2011 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

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

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballynahinch
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|26.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 20.4
 * 1
 * 26.0
 * 1
 * 14.3
 * 1
 * 3.6
 * 0
 * 3.0
 * 0
 * 6.2
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Downpatrick
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 27.4
 * 2
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newcastle
 * 33.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|36.3
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 7.8
 * 0
 * 9.5
 * 1
 * 8.4
 * 1
 * 4.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rowallane
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 4.9
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 26.3
 * 1
 * 8.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 12.0
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 34.2
 * 9
 * 22.9
 * 5
 * 16.4
 * 3
 * 13.2
 * 3
 * 4.9
 * 1
 * 4.1
 * 1
 * 4.3
 * 1
 * 23
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 * 4.3
 * 1
 * 23
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Ballynahinch
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Downpatrick
2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green

2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green

2005-2011 Change: No change

Newcastle
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP

Rowallane
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP