Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UPNI !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|29.9 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |29.2 |2 |12.1 |0 |10.4 |0 |18.4 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |36.6 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |12.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |12.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area C |23.3 |1 |13.8 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |20.7 |1 |13.3 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |30.1 |5 |27.5 |5 |17.6 |3 |10.1 |1 |14.7 |1 |15
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance 1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist 1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from United Loyalist
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from United Loyalist and Independent
Area C
1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist 1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPNI gain from United Loyalist (two seats) and Loyalist
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