Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | NILP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |23.3 |2 |12.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |14.7 |1 |17.4 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |21.2 |2 |13.0 |1 |22.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |13.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|1 |16.5 |1 |13.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |36.6 |1 |4 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.8 |6 |20.8 |5 |13.8 |3 |8.0 |1 |5.7 |1 |19.9 |1 |17
Districts results
Area A
1973: 6 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: Alliance (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (three seats)
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Loyalist
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
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