Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 6 May 1976, with the entire council up for election. The two councillors in Marine elected as Residents were defending their seats as Independents. Overall turnout was recorded at 51.8%.Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

The election resulted in the council remaining under no overall control.

Election result

This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious councilNew council Liberal 16 17 Conservative 13 16 Labour 5 2 Independent Residents 2 2 Independent 1 0 Total 37 37 Working majority

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

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