1997 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Total Cllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn FÃÂ©in !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Enniskillen |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |16.8 |1 |15.3 |1 |9.5 |1 |11.2 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Erne East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |32.8 |2 |15.3 |1 |4.5 |0 |11.1 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Erne North |bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |12.0 |1 |24.1 |1 |16.7 |1 |1.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Erne West |bgcolor="40BFF5"|32.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |30.2 |1 |15.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |21.1 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |40.4 |9 |23.5 |5 |17.3 |4 |7.4 |2 |11.4 |3 |23 |-

District results

Enniskillen

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist 1993-1997 Change: No change

Erne East

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn FÃÂ©in gain from UUP

Erne North

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in 1993-1997 Change: Sinn FÃÂ©in gain from SDLP

Erne West

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: No change