Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballymena North |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |24.8 |2 |13.8 |1 |33.7 |2 |7 |- |align="left"|Ballymena South |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4 |22.1 |2 |17.3 |1 |4.8 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Bannside |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |24.0 |1 |17.6 |1 |3.2 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Braid |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |40.3 |2 |17.5 |1 |0.4 |0 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |44.9 |11 |27.5 |7 |16.5 |4 |11.1 |2 |24
Districts results
Ballymena North
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance, Independent leaves UUP and Independent Unionist becomes Independent
Ballymena South
1997 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Bannside
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Braid
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
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