Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Derg |17.2 |1 |32.1 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |16.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Glenelly |19.5 |1 |19.3 |1 |27.7 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |3.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Mourne |30.6 |3 |bgcolor="#008800"|45.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |11.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |12.5 |1 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |22.9 |5 |33.1 |4 |23.6 |3 |14.7 |3 |5.7 |1 |16
District results
Derg
1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Glenelly
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Mourne
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
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