Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Unity !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |23.3 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|1 |0.0 |0 |27.5 |1 |18.9 |1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area B |17.7 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |19.9 |1 |16.4 |0 |2.1 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area C |15.8 |1 |22.0 |1 |14.6 |0 |bgcolor=olive|28.5 |bgcolor=olive|1 |19.1 |1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="#99FF66"|37.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |29.5 |1 |22.4 |1 |4.9 |0 |5.4 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area E |bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |24.9 |1 |16.8 |1 |12.1 |0 |15.2 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |25.1 |7 |30.0 |6 |14.4 |3 |18.1 |2 |12.4 |2 |20
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 1 x Unity, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Unity, Independent Unionist joins UUP and Independent Nationalist joins SDLP
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity 1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Unity
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Area D
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
Area E
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP 1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from Independent Unionist
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