1977 Larne Borough Council election

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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Alliance Vanguard DUP Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 1 3 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ulster Unionist Independent SDLP Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Loyalist Ind. Unionist Seats won 0 0 Seat change 8 1

Elections to Larne 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

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1977^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Alliance	4	1	0	1	26.7	25.8	1,965	0.3
	Vanguard	3	3	0	3	20.0	27.2	2,067	New
	DUP	3	3	0	3	20.0	24.9	1,898	New
	Independent	2	1	1		13.3	11.1	844	1.7
	Ulster Unionist	2	1	0	1	13.3	6.8	515	2.0
	SDLP	1	1	0	1	6.7	0.0	0	4.1
	British Ulster Dominion Party	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	178	New
	UUUP	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	146	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Districts results

Area A

1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Loyalist joins DUP

• As only four candidates had been nominated for four seats, there was no vote in Area A and all four candidates were deemed elected.

Area B

1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and Alliance gain from Loyalist (two seats), Loyalist joins DUP and Independent Unionist joins UUP

Area C

1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Loyalist, Loyalist (three seats) join Vanguard (two seats) and DUP