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1977 City of Edinburgh District Council election

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Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These was the second election to the City of Edinburgh District Council, and saw the Conservatives winning 34 of the Councils 64 seats; allowing them to emerge with a majority administration.

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1977[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 34 Increase4 44.8 73,159
  Labour 23 26.6 43,459
  SNP 5 19.3 31,525
  Liberal 1 7.9 12,873
  Independent 1 1.0 1,703
  Communist 0 0.1 238
  Others 0 0.2 398

Ward results

References