Elections to Limavady 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
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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |33.0 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |13.0 |1 |10.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |33.0 |2 |12.4 |0 |20.2 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |23.0 |1 |15.7 |1 |13.2 |0 |4 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |38.6 |6 |33.2 |6 |13.8 |2 |14.4 |1 |15
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
Area B
1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from United Unionist
Area C
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
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