Elections to Fermanagh 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 23 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Enniskillen |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |16.8 |1 |15.3 |1 |9.5 |1 |11.2 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Erne East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |32.8 |2 |15.3 |1 |4.5 |0 |11.1 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Erne North |bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |12.0 |1 |24.1 |1 |16.7 |1 |1.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Erne West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |30.2 |1 |15.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |21.1 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |40.4 |9 |23.5 |5 |17.3 |4 |7.4 |2 |11.4 |3 |23
District results
Enniskillen
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist 1993-1997 Change: No change
Erne East
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Erne North
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Erne West
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: No change
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