1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
Down Area A - 7 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
DUP Cecil Harvey 16.52%
1,387
SDLP Francis Laverty *9.63%
809
810.2
820.2
820.2
829.2
829.2
830.2
1,064.2
UUP Samuel Osborne *11.36%
954
973.92
974.92
977.16
1,007.4
1,012.72
1,038.44
1,041.68
1,078.68
SDLP Monica Smyth 8.94%
751
751.48
765.48
765.48
779.48
779.48
703.4
1,021.96
1,272.96
UUP Dermot Nesbitt 8.72%
732
744.96
744.96
772.96
779.96
785.84
965.48
967.2
999.2
1,018.2
1,036.6
UUP William Brown 7.63%
641
652.04
652.04
823.16
828.16
834.36
899.32
899.32
946.56
964.56
969.16
DUP Thomas Poole 5.68%
477
619.32
621.32
632.28
633.52
888.76
901.44
902.44
906.44
909.44
909.44
UUP William Finlay*
7.80%
655
667.72
668.72
704.72
707.72
733.36
822.04
827.04
870.28
882.28
887.8
Alliance John Rodgers
3.88%
326
326.48
351.48
353.48
551.48
551.48
552.48
566.72
SDLP Thomas Murray
5.82%
489
490.68
500.68
500.92
512.92
513.92
515.92
UUP James Glover
4.23%
355
361.24
364.24
385.48
386.48
391.92
DUP Thomas McKee
2.23%
187
302.2
304.2
307.44
307.44
Alliance Wanda Rowan-Hamilton
3.41%
286
286.48
286.48
287.48
UUP William Cochrane
3.27%
275
280.28
280.28
Independent Francis Rice
0.60%
50
50
Independent Eileen Rice
0.29%
24
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Electorate: 11,993 Valid: 8,398 (70.02%) Spoilt: 216 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 8,614 (71.83%)
1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Labour1977-1981 Change: Republican Clubs and Independent Labour gain from SDLP and Alliance
Down Area B - 6 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Eddie McGrady 21.56%
1,711
Republican Clubs Raymond Blaney 14.13%
1,121
1,153.64
SDLP Dermot Curran *11.25%
893
987.52
1,016.9
1,178.9
UUP Cecil Maxwell *11.03%
875
882.14
894.82
905.5
1,403.5
SDLP John Ritchie *8.15%
647
787.08
803.76
869.48
869.48
874.48
880.48
1,171.48
Independent Labour Malachi Curran 8.38%
665
691.86
717.9
763.74
764.74
779.74
788.14
994.8
Alliance George Flinn*
5.68%
451
461.2
634.2
652.92
659.92
822.92
823.82
902.56
SDLP Sean Quinn*
4.70%
373
552.18
580.86
723.34
724.34
727.34
756.74
UUP Elizabeth Kennedy
6.46%
513
513
515
515
SDLP John Bryce
4.81%
382
455.78
461.46
Alliance Michael Healy
3.84%
305
312.82
Electorate: 10,747 Valid: 7,936 (73.84%) Spoilt: 252 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 8,188 (76.19%)
1977: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance1981: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Down Area C - 7 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SDLP Patrick O'Donoghue 16.27%
1,328
DUP Ethel Smyth *13.93%
1,137
UUP Gerald Douglas 11.50%
939
940.15
991.35
994.35
1,097.35
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 10.07%
822
939.53
939.93
949.93
954.41
954.41
1,068.41
SDLP James Curry 9.34%
762
828.47
828.47
847.16
856.49
856.49
960.38
1,152.38
SDLP James Magee *10.12%
826
857.05
857.05
861.28
861.28
861.28
900.26
1,099.26
Alliance Patrick Forde *5.97%
487
498.27
500.47
502.47
661.39
670.87
732.48
758.51
810.51
852.51
UUP Norman Bicker*
7.02%
573
573
595.9
601.33
711.06
776.63
778.09
781.32
784.32
791.32
SDLP Stephen McClean
5.39%
440
477.49
477.49
482.72
485.95
486.74
535.18
Workers' Party Edward O'Hagan
4.28%
349
376.14
376.34
442.95
447.95
447.95
UUP William Keown
2.23%
182
182.23
211.63
211.63
Alliance Anthony Dickinson
2.45%
200
203.22
203.92
205.92
Republican Clubs David Allister
1.43%
117
120.22
120.42
Electorate: 11,077 Valid: 8,162 (73.68%) Spoilt: 251 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 8,413 (75.95%)
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