Some of the candidates put their job on the ballot paper - Clyde is a farmer, while Swann is a College Lecturer.
In 1993 it returned 2 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 UUP and 1 DUP councillor. The margin between the SF candidate and the second UUP candidate in 1993 was 2.7 votes at the end of the count. It was somewhat wider this time! The DEA is one of the few in which the Sinn Fein vote dropped on 1993.
| Electorate | Valid Votes | Seats | Votes Cast | Invalid Votes | Quota | ||||||
| 8059 | 4290 | 5 | 4380 (54.35%) | 90 | 716 | ||||||
| First Preferences | Stage2 | Stage3 | Stage4 | Stage5 | |||||||
| Loughran Surplus | Graham Surplus | Eliminate Picken | McClelland Surplus | ||||||||
| Transfer | Total | Transfer | Total | Transfer | Total | Transfer | Total | ||||
| *Clyde,SW | DUP | 683 | +2.96 | 685.96 | +81.18 | 767.14 | --- | 767.14 | --- | 767.14 | |
| *Cushnihan,HJ | SF | 612 | +32.56 | 644.56 | 0.00 | 644.56 | +10.85 | 655.41 | +52.80 | 708.21 | |
| *Graham,J | UUP | 1063 | --- | 1063.00 | -347.00 | 716.00 | --- | 716.00 | --- | 716.00 | |
| *Loughran,RJ | SDLP | 1115E | -589.00 | 716.00 | --- | 716.00 | --- | 716.00 | --- | 716.00 | |
| *McClelland,SD | SDLP | 430 | +344.10 | 744.10E | --- | 744.10 | --- | 744.10 | -58.10 | 716.00 | |
| Picken,G | A | 133 | +14.80 | 147.80 | +11.22 | 159.02 | -159.02 | 0 | --- | 0 | |
| Swann,Mrs A | UUP | 254 | +3.70 | 257.70 | +250.80 | 508.50 | +85.96 | 594.36 | +2.86 | 597.32 | |
| Non-transferrable | +0.88 | 0.88 | 3.80 | 4.68 | +62.21 | 66.89 | +2.44 | 69.33 | |||
| Count began 0900 22 May 1997. Count ended 1325 22 May 1997. * denotes candidate elected. | |||||||||||
| Party | First Preferences | Share of Vote | Quotas | Seats |
| Sinn Fein | 612 | 14.3% | 0.85 | 1 |
| SDLP | 1545 | 36.0% | 2.15 | 2 |
| Alliance | 133 | 3.1% | 0.19 | 0 |
| UUP | 1317 | 30.7% | 1.84 | 1 |
| DUP | 683 | 15.9% | 0.95 | 1 |
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