Elections to Down District 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 20 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |19.9 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |13.5 |1 |16.5 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |18.4 |1 |8.5 |1 |14.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |26.9 |2 |13.5 |1 |6.2 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |44.6 |10 |31.4 |7 |11.8 |3 |12.2 |0 |20
Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard 1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Vanguard
Area B
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Area C
1973: 4 x SDLP, 3 x UUP 1977: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
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