The 1977 Essex County Council election took place on 5 May 1977 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Conservative | 68 |  33
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82.9 | 62.1 | 256,703 | +14.8 | |||
| Labour | 12 |  28 |
14.6 | 26.8 | 110,591 | –16.3 | |||
| Liberal | 2 | 3 |
2.4 | 8.8 | 36,240 | +1.5 | |||
| Residents | 0 | 1 |
0.0 | 1.1 | 4,373 | +0.2 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 1 |
0.0 | 0.9 | 3,695 | –0.1 | |||
| National Front | 0 | 
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0.0 | 0.4 | 1,483 | N/A | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.1 | 222 | ±0.0 | |||
| Communist | 0 |
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0.0 | <0.1 | 65 | –0.1 | |||
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