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|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !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 |- |}