# 1977 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh 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

Armagh District Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45.0 | 38.8 | 8,116 | 6.6 |
| SDLP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 30.3 | 6,341 | 7.6 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 2,665 | 1.5 |
| UUUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 932 | New |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 839 | 4.0 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1,332 | 1.4 |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 507 | 2.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 169 | 4.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUUP | UUUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 37.2 | 2 | 33.2 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Area B | 47.1 | 3 | 15.4 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Area C | 36.9 | 2 | 51.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 30.5 | 2 | 28.5 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 38.8 | 9 | 30.3 | 7 | 12.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 13.6 | 1 | 20 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Armagh Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Douglas Hutchinson* | 23.00% | 821 | | | |
| | UUP | Mary Huey* | 19.27% | 688 | 785 | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Foster* | 17.93% | 640 | 738 | | |
| | SDLP | Francis McIlvanna | 17.70% | 632 | 633 | 650 | 651 |
| | SDLP | Francis Kernan | 15.49% | 553 | 561 | 598 | 605 |
| | UUUP | Noel Lyttle | 6.61% | 236 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,767 Valid: 3,570 (61.90%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 715 Turnout: 3,792 (65.75%) ||||||||

### Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Armagh Area B - 6 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 |
| | UUP | William Henning* | 16.55% | 1,177 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Mallon* | 15.35% | 1,092 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Black* | 15.14% | 1,077 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McClelland | 13.51% | 961 | 1,044.85 | | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Francis Little | 7.79% | 554 | 561.93 | 562.23 | 572.43 | 659.79 | 662.24 | 977.33 | 988.36 |
| | UUP | Jim Speers | 9.86% | 701 | 727.39 | 727.49 | 729.49 | 745.3 | 754.15 | 807.96 | 895.12 |
| | UUP | George Parks | 7.21% | 513 | 539.65 | 539.85 | 544.5 | 555.78 | 572.53 | 622.83 | 794.32 |
| | Alliance | James McAfee | 4.37% | 311 | 311.91 | 360.31 | 360.51 | 361.51 | 530.1 | 530.1 | |
| | DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.58% | 397 | 398.69 | 398.69 | 430.34 | 454.26 | 455.46 | | |
| | Alliance | Christina Glendinning | 2.64% | 188 | 190.6 | 210.7 | 211.5 | 214.65 | | | |
| | UUUP | David Robb | 2.00% | 142 | 143.43 | 143.43 | 147.03 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 7,113 (67.24%) Spoilt: 257 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,370 (69.67%) ||||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Armagh Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Eleanor Boyd | 23.24% | 1,153 | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 19.27% | 956 | | | |
| | SDLP | James McKernan | 17.66% | 876 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson | 13.71% | 680 | 985.08 | | |
| | SDLP | Joseph Fullerton | 14.82% | 735 | 737.61 | 741.09 | 851.13 |
| | Alliance | Eugene Connolly* | 11.31% | 561 | 575.21 | 691.5 | 708.3 |
| Electorate: 7,216 Valid: 4,961 (68.75%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 827 Turnout: 5,241 (72.63%) ||||||||

### Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Armagh Area D - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Frederick Armstrong* | 19.17% | 1,008 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Bernard McManus* | 15.96% | 839 | 839.78 | 866.91 | 866.91 | 896.91 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Oliver Tobin* | 13.05% | 686 | 686 | 711 | 712.13 | 784.52 | 981.52 | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Creswell* | 7.51% | 395 | 481.84 | 485.84 | 697.65 | 807.47 | 808.47 | 1,124.47 | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan | 9.76% | 513 | 513.78 | 528.78 | 531.78 | 555.91 | 658.04 | 660.3 | 673.3 | 765.7 |
| | Republican Clubs | Patrick Houlahan | 9.64% | 507 | 507 | 546 | 547 | 553 | 582 | 583.39 | 590.39 | 602.39 |
| | DUP | Letitia McClenaghan | 7.04% | 370 | 374.42 | 374.55 | 385.72 | 394.24 | 394.24 | | | |
| | SDLP | James McAvinchey | 5.67% | 298 | 298.26 | 317.26 | 318.26 | 339.39 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Norah Dawson | 5.17% | 272 | 274.73 | 302.99 | 309.03 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Mercer* | 3.80% | 200 | 233.41 | 237.54 | | | | | | |
| | Independent Labour | Paddy Grimes | 3.21% | 169 | 169.65 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,619 Valid: 5,257 (60.99%) Spoilt: 240 Quota: 877 Turnout: 5,497 (63.78%) |||||||||||||