# 1977 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon 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

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 38.1 | 8,437 | 12.1 |
| SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 24.5 | 5,422 | 2.9 |
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 1,343 | New |
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 2,122 | 7.8 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 2,876 | 10.2 |
| Ind. Republican | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 550 | 1.6 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 644 | 3.0 |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 617 | 2.0 |
| UUUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 401 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 34.4 | 2 | 30.2 | 2 | 9.8 | 1 | 25.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Area B | 21.9 | 1 | 26.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 51.6 | 2 | 5 |
| Area C | 71.1 | 4 | 23.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 27.2 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 40.3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 38.1 | 8 | 24.5 | 6 | 6.1 | 2 | 31.3 | 4 | 20 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Unity
Dungannon Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SDLP | Joseph Higgins* | 17.60% | 921 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Winston Mulligan | 10.26% | 537 | 579 | 665 | 1,151 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Hamilton-Stubber* | 13.49% | 706 | 804 | 836 | 900 | | | | |
| | DUP | William McIlwrath | 9.77% | 511 | 528 | 778 | 809 | 1,009 | | | |
| | SDLP | Edward Donnelly | 12.63% | 661 | 695 | 695 | 695 | 698 | 700 | 734.85 | 735.85 |
| | Independent | Brian McKenna | 13.23% | 692 | 710 | 714 | 715 | 717 | 722 | 729.4 | 733.4 |
| | UUP | Mervyn Patterson* | 10.67% | 558 | 566 | 592 | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Ian McCormick | 7.66% | 401 | 414 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Johnston | 4.68% | 245 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,660 Valid: 5,232 (78.56%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,469 (82.12%) ||||||||||||

### Area B

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Dungannon Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 24.92% | 1,494 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Kempton* | 21.91% | 1,314 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Owen Nugent* | 13.63% | 817 | 825.16 | 844.6 | 866.94 | 896.47 | 939.53 | 1,099.53 |
| | Ind. Republican | John Corr | 9.17% | 550 | 746.52 | 757.05 | 759.39 | 818.15 | 841.23 | 1,033.23 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McGlinchey | 8.94% | 536 | 647.18 | 660.95 | 660.95 | 794.75 | 845.39 | 860.26 |
| | Republican Clubs | Eugene Lyttle* | 6.57% | 394 | 523.54 | 530.02 | 595.7 | 609.06 | 625.62 | 659.36 |
| | Independent | Arthur Donaghy | 7.04% | 422 | 435.26 | 448.22 | 469.56 | 471.9 | 488.87 | |
| | Alliance | Francis Falls | 1.93% | 116 | 125.52 | 370.95 | 370.95 | 378.29 | | |
| | SDLP | Brian McLernon | 3.97% | 238 | 254.66 | 256.28 | 256.62 | | | |
| | Republican Clubs | James McQuaid* | 1.92% | 115 | 117.04 | 118.66 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,638 Valid: 5,996 (78.50%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,229 (81.55%) |||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: No change
Dungannon Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Wilfred Dilworth* | 22.08% | 1,182 | | |
| | UUP | Derek Irwin* | 21.30% | 1,140 | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 18.31% | 980 | | |
| | UUP | William Buchanan* | 12.89% | 690 | 894.12 | |
| | UUP | Jim Brady* | 14.85% | 795 | 876.27 | 1,117.17 |
| | SDLP | Mary McKinney | 5.51% | 295 | 296.08 | 297.18 |
| | Independent | Anthony Byrne | 5.06% | 271 | 272.89 | 275.97 |
| Electorate: 7,175 Valid: 5,353 (74.61%) Spoilt: 277 Quota: 893 Turnout: 5,630 (78.47%) |||||||

### Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity 1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: Independent (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Unity
Dungannon Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Jack Hassard | 22.41% | 1,246 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Brown* | 16.46% | 915 | 950.62 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael McLoughlin* | 15.07% | 838 | 916.26 | 926.6 | 955.6 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | John Donaghy | 8.42% | 468 | 540.8 | 548.1 | 571.52 | 646.2 | 659.2 | 709.14 | 927.26 |
| | DUP | Maurice Morrow | 14.96% | 832 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 850.98 | 865.84 | 872.4 |
| | UUP | Adam Wilson* | 10.79% | 600 | 614.3 | 618.08 | 618.08 | 618.08 | 618.08 | 727.02 | 731.58 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Malachy Hughes | 2.88% | 160 | 205.24 | 207.28 | 252.62 | 297.48 | 309.48 | 330.12 | |
| | Alliance | Peter Acheson | 3.18% | 177 | 194.16 | 255.84 | 257.1 | 266.14 | 267.14 | | |
| | SDLP | Sean Kerr | 2.45% | 136 | 145.36 | 148.14 | 158.44 | | | | |
| | Republican Clubs | Patrick McGurk | 1.94% | 108 | 118.14 | 119.14 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Hugh Cullen | 1.44% | 80 | 91.44 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,532 Valid: 5,560 (73.82%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 927 Turnout: 5,729 (76.06%) ||||||||||||