Elections to Antrim Borough 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 19 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Antrim North West |30.7 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |15.9 |1 |3.1 |0 |14.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Antrim South East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |19.6 |1 |15.2 |1 |10.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |6.2 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Antrim Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |22.7 |1 |15.4 |1 |10.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |5.6 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.0 |9 |26.0 |4 |16.0 |3 |8.2 |2 |4.3 |1 |2.5 |0 |19
District results
Antrim North West
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1993-1997 Change: No change
Antrim South East
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
Antrim Town
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: No change
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