1981 Strabane District Council election

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1981 Strabane District Council election
 1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985 

All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP DUP Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 4 4 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Increase 1

  Fourth party
 
Party UUP
Seats won 3
Seat change Decrease 2

Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Strabane District Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ind. Nationalist 4 1 0 Increase1 26.7 26.1 4,459 Increase11.2
  DUP 4 2 0 Increase2 26.7 25.1 4,287 Increase11.5
  SDLP 4 0 1 Decrease1 26.7 22.8 3,889 Decrease7.7
  UUP 3 0 2 Decrease1 20.0 20.7 3,545 Decrease8.8
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 326 Decrease3.0
  Anti H-Block 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.7 296 New
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.7 288 Decrease1.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Districts results

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