Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Armagh City |25.3 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |25.9 |2 |8.1 |0 |2.6 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Crossmore |30.8 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|49.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |19.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Cusher |bgcolor="40BFF5"|59.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |14.3 |1 |4.8 |0 |21.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Orchard |bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |24.5 |1 |9.4 |0 |16.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.0 |10 |30.8 |7 |14.6 |3 |11.9 |2 |0.7 |0 |22
District results Armagh City
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Crossmore
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Cusher
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: No change
The Orchard
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: No change
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