Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 30 May 1973 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.
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Alliance</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |22.5 |1 |5.6 |0 |14.8 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |27.6 |1 |11.8 |1 |23.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area C |20.6 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|34.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |11.7 |1 |33.5 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |38.9 |6 |26.2 |4 |9.6 |2 |25.3 |3 |15 |-
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist