Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

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1977 Belfast City Council election

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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist Alliance SDLP Seats won 15 13 8 Seat change 10 5 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Republican Clubs Unionist Party NI Seats won 7 3 2 Seat change 5 1 2   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party Ind. Unionist Independent Others Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 0 1 5
Lord Mayor before election Myles Humphreys Ulster Unionist Lord Mayor James Stewart Ulster Unionist

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The UUP remained the largest party, and James Stewart became Lord Mayor. The narrow unionist majority of one on the council resulted in David Cook from Alliance becoming Lord Mayor in 1978, the first non-unionist Lord Mayor since 1898.

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Belfast Local Election Result 1977^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	15	1	11	10	29.4	26.8	30,087	23.9
	Alliance	13	5	0	5	25.5	18.6	20,929	5.2
	SDLP	8	1	0	1	15.7	18.9	20,920	7.5
	DUP	7	5	0	5	13.7	13.3	14,926	11.0
	Republican Clubs	3	1	0	1	5.9	4.7	5,238	0.7
	Unionist Party NI	2	2	0	2	3.9	5.0	5,584	New
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	0	3.9	4.1	4,567	1.1
	Independent	1	1	0	1	2.0	2.6	3,431	2.6
	NI Labour	0	0	2	2	0.0	2.6	2,959	2.9
	UUUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	2,557	New
	Vanguard	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.7	780	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	115	0.0
	British Ulster Dominion Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	114	New
	Independent Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	107	0.1

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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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