The District has 17 seats distributed throughout the electoral areas of Banbridge, Knockiveagh and Dromore. The District's political representation includes:

Political Party	No. of Seats
Alliance Party (ALL)	1
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	5
Social, Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	2
Sinn Féin	2
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	7

The political make-up of Banbridge District Council has changed significantly following the last local government elections held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is now the largest party having won a total of seven seats, followed by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) with five seats. The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) returned with two seats and the Alliance Party (ALL) with
one seat.

As in 2005 when it won its first ever seat in the district, Sinn Féin (SF) made history once again by regaining a seat in the district electoral area of Knockiveagh and winning another in Dromore. This is the first time that Sinn Féin has been represented in this district electoral area.