Elections to Moyle District 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 16 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |30.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|69.6 |bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3 |4 |- |align="left"|Area B |0.0 |0 |30.5 |2 |18.3 |2 |bgcolor="#0077FF"|51.2 |bgcolor="#0077FF"|4 |8 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.9 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |19.7 |1 |0.0 |0 |28.4 |1 |4 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |22.6 |3 |17.6 |3 |7.7 |2 |52.1 |8 |16
Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x Independent 1977: 3 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP (two seats)
Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: No change
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