Elections to
Omagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20
councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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, - class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left", Ward
! % ]
!Cllrs
! %
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
! %
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!rowspan=2, Total
Cllrs
, - class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , RC
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Others
, -
, align="left", Area A
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 39.8
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 33.1
, 1
, 9.5
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 17.6
, 1
, 5
, -
, align="left", Area B
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 42.8
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 17.1
, 0
, 21.5
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 18.6
, 1
, 4
, -
, align="left", Area C
, 36.9
, 3
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 41.8
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 3
, 21.3
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Area D
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 22.4
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 1
, 18.4
, 1
, 10.9
, 1
, 20.9
, 1
, 27.4
, 0
, 4
, -
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 35.9
, 8
, 29.6
, 6
, 16.0
, 3
, 4.2
, 1
, 14.3
, 2
, 20
, -
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Area B
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Nationalist
Area D
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist, Independent Republican joins Republican Clubs
References
{{1977 United Kingdom local elections
Omagh District Council elections
Omagh