Elections to Fermanagh District Council, in Northern Ireland, were held on 20 May 1981, the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 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="" | IIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |21.3 |2 |19.6 |1 |13.8 |0 |8.3 |0 |bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|37.0 |bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |21.5 |1 |12.4 |0 |14.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area C |27.6 |1 |bgcolor=#32CD32|33.7 |bgcolor=#32CD32|1 |16.5 |1 |7.9 |0 |14.3 |1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |15.8 |0 |25.9 |1 |18.6 |1 |2.9 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area E |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |22.5 |1 |19.9 |1 |12.6 |0 |10.7 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |34.0 |8 |22.3 |4 |17.8 |4 |12.3 |2 |13.6 |2 |20
Districts results
Area A
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent 1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Republican 1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent, Independent Republican leaves Unity
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP 1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP 1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUUP and SDLP
Area C
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977-1981 Change: Unity joins IIP
Area D
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP 1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1977-1981 Change: UUP gain from SDLP, UUUP joins DUP
Area E
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP 1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP 1977-1981 Change: UUP and IIP gain from SDLP and UUUP
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