1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: Independent Republican gain from SDLP
Dungannon Area A - 5 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ind. Republican
Seamus Cassidy *
17.81%
1,057
UUP
Noel Mulligan
13.43%
797
797.1
1,146.1
DUP
William McIlwrath *
9.82%
583
583.1
620.1
630.45
1,092.45
UUP
Samuel Brush
10.67%
633
633.5
784.5
927.15
1,033.05
SDLP
Anthony McGonnell
14.98%
889
923.1
925.1
925.1
927.1
948.1
SDLP
John Monaghan
14.43%
856
885
886
886.45
886.45
891.45
DUP
Frederick Burrows
9.61%
570
570
579
580.35
UUP
Winston Mulligan*
9.25%
549
549
Electorate: 6,624 Valid: 5,934 (89.58%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 990 Turnout: 6,026 (90.97%)
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1981: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Dungannon Area B - 5 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Ind. Nationalist
Jim Canning *
29.18%
1,744
Ind. Nationalist
Owen Nugent *
19.08%
1,140
SDLP
Patrick McGlinchey *
19.04%
1,138
Ind. Republican
John Corr *
9.02%
539
1,275.47
UUP
Thomas Kempton *
15.36%
918
921.43
DUP
Abraham White
8.32%
497
498.96
Electorate: 7,753 Valid: 5,976 (77.08%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 997 Turnout: 6,186 (79.79%)
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon Area C - 5 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP
Patrick Daly *
23.02%
1,324
UUP
Derek Irwin *
17.06%
981
DUP
James Ewing
13.53%
778
788.8
848.8
867.2
868.6
1,054.28
UUP
John Taggart
11.25%
647
669.2
712.4
728.8
730.18
906.1
UUP
Jim Brady *
9.93%
571
599.8
631
653.8
669.14
848.06
DUP
Norman Lockhart
10.14%
583
585.4
620.4
638.2
638.82
664.5
Ind. Unionist
Wilfred Dilworth*
9.70%
558
570.6
602.8
623
623.64
Independent
William Lucas
1.81%
104
383
386
UUUP
James McNeill
3.56%
205
212.8
Electorate: 7,091 Valid: 5,751 (81.10%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 959 Turnout: 5,876 (82.87%)
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: UUP and IIP gain from Independent (two seats), Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP