Elections to Cookstown 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 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 ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |19.1 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|22.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|1 |11.0 |1 |17.7 |1 |29.4 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |16.5 |1 |28.4 |2 |0.0 |0 |19.8 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |36.3 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.3 |0 |4 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |30.2 |5 |28.4 |4 |14.8 |3 |5.9 |1 |20.7 |2 |15
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican 1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
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