Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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
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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |23.3 |1 |24.5 |1 |14.8 |1 |1.6 |0 |3.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |8.7 |0 |13.8 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|1 |17.0 |1 |12.6 |1 |22.5 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |17.9 |1 |17.4 |2 |19.3 |1 |14.1 |1 |1.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Area D |23.6 |1 |bgcolor=#32CD32|37.7 |bgcolor=#32CD32|2 |10.2 |0 |13.8 |1 |5.6 |0 |9.1 |0 |4 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |25.0 |5 |22.2 |5 |19.5 |4 |16.6 |4 |9.0 |2 |7.7 |0 |20
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP 1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP 1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist joins IIP
Area C
1977: 3 x SDLP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP 1977-1981 Change: DUP and IIP gain from SDLP and UUP
Data missing from stage 7 onwards
Area D
1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs 1981: 2 x IIP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1977-1981 Change: IIP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP, Alliance and Republican Clubs
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