1981 Northern Ireland local elections

1981 Northern Ireland local elections
20 May 1981
All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 151 142 104
Seat change 25 68 9
Popular vote 175,965 176,816 116,487
Percentage 26.4% 26.6% 17.5%
Swing 3.6% 13.8% 3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Oliver Napier N/A Pat Fahy
Party Alliance Independent Irish Independence
Seats won 38 37 21
Seat change 32 5 21
Popular vote 59,397 44,427 25,859
Percentage 8.9% 6.7% 3.9%
Swing 5.5% 0.9% New party
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats
Colours denote the party with the most first preference votes in each District Electoral Area (darker colours indicate a majority of first preference votes).

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.

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