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1997 Northern Ireland local elections

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21 May 1997

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All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Trimble	John Hume	Ian Paisley
Party	UUP	SDLP	DUP
Seats won	185	120	91
Seat change	12	7	12
Popular vote	175,036	130,387	99,651
Percentage	28.1%	21.0%	16.0%
Swing	1.2%	0.7%	1.3%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Gerry Adams	John Alderdice	N/A
Party	Sinn Féin	Alliance	Independent
Seats won	74	41	23
Seat change	23	3	3
Popular vote	106,934	41,952	23,695
Percentage	17.2%	6.7%	3.8%
Swing	4.9%	0.9%	0.3%

Colours denote the winning party with outright control^{[when defined as?]}

Politics of Northern Ireland


Interim bodies
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) Northern Ireland Executive (1974) Constitutional Convention (1975) Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
Elections
1973 1975 1982 1996
Members
1973 1975 1982 1996
See also
Anglo-Irish Agreement New Ireland Forum 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections 1973 Northern Ireland border poll
Other countries
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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 21 May 1997, shortly after the 1997 general election across the entire United Kingdom.