Before (end of 1975) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
The Liberal Party 19 · Other 16 · Conservative 13 · Labour 12
After (end of 1976) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 39 · Labour 7 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 7
Ward results
Coxheath2 seats
| A. Sells | LIB | 746 |
| R. Hoadley | Conservative | 622 |
| W. Protheroe | LIB | 540 |
Headcorn2 seats
| E. Chantler | Independent | 741 |
| E. Burnett | LIB | 631 |
| H. Villiers | Conservative | 582 |
| R. Deas | LIB | 436 |
| R. Collins | Conservative | 349 |
No. 1 (Maidstone: King Street)3 seats · turnout 31.5%
| M. Carley | Conservative | 899 |
| V. Ashton | Conservative | 877 |
| P. Waite | Conservative | 874 |
| J. Jarman | LIB | 867 |
| D. Lichfield | LIB | 818 |
| B. Turner | LIB | 755 |
No. 19 (Bearstead)4 seats
| A Kennard | Conservative | 1,687 ✓ |
| Gladys Haskett | Conservative | 1,637 ✓ |
| John Bedson | Conservative | 1,620 ✓ |
| William Wright | Conservative | 1,516 ✓ |
| P Laws | Independent | 626 |
| L Jeffreys | LIB | 531 |
| T Owen | Labour | 344 |
No. 4 (Maidstone: Park Wood)5 seats
| James Henry Lavington Wood | Labour | 857 ✓ |
| R Drakeford | Conservative | 790 ✓ |
| D Wright | Labour | 785 ✓ |
| M Basham | Conservative | 782 ✓ |
| W Morris | Labour | 781 ✓ |
| Ruth Wright | Labour | 761 |
| E Jeffs | Labour | 754 |
| M Price | LIB | 516 |
| M Smith | LIB | 511 |
| E Stanley | LIB | 508 |
| W Clarke | COMM | 107 |
No. 7 (Maidstone: Heath)5 seats
| F Chapman | Conservative | 1,342 ✓ |
| Jeremy Hindle | Conservative | 1,305 ✓ |
| R Bernard | Conservative | 1,281 ✓ |
| P Mason | Conservative | 1,256 ✓ |
| Simon Tyler | Conservative | 1,201 ✓ |
| D Francis | LIB | 1,170 |
| K Batts | LIB | 1,117 |
| P Symes | LIB | 1,083 |
| K Wooler | LIB | 1,039 |
| M McKearney | LIB | 1,035 |
| F Winckless | Labour | 609 |
Staplehurst2 seats
| B. Armitage | Conservative | 788 |
| P. Harvey | Conservative | 743 |
| L. Ashby | Independent | 564 |
| E. Gosling | Independent | 538 |
| C. Earl | Labour | 396 |
| I. Smith | Labour | 362 |
Sutton Valence1 seat
| M. Fairbank | Conservative | 405 |
| W. Jackson | Independent | 200 |
Thurnham1 seat
| J. Braybrooke | Conservative | 558 |
| Y. Alcock | Independent | 176 |
| S. Owen | Labour | 98 |