Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |32.4 |2 |2.2 |0 |15.8 |1 |16.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |11.6 |0 |17.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |20.5 |1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|48.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |47.0 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |4.8 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |25.5 |2 |9.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |20.8 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Area E |bgcolor="#99FF66"|61.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |11.3 |0 |1.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |26.3 |2 |6 |- |align="left"|Area F |bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.7 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |23.4 |1 |19.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.0 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |46.9 |15 |24.5 |7 |8.3 |3 |3.1 |1 |17.2 |4 |30

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Area B

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: No change

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist 1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)

Area D

1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs 1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs

Area E

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Unionist 1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican 1973-1977 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Republican Clubs and Independent Unionist, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Area F

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance

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