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Elections in the Republic of India in1997 included, the1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, elections to seats in theRajya Sabha and the elections to the posts of President and vice president.
| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election | Maps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February 1997 | Punjab | Indian National Congress | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | Shiromani Akali Dal | Parkash Singh Badal |  | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
| Political Party | No. of Candidates | Seats won | Number of Votes | % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 92 | 75 | 38,73,099 | 37.64% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 22 | 18 | 8,57,219 | 8.33% | |
| Indian National Congress | 105 | 14 | 27,36,346 | 26.38% | |
| Communist Party of India | 15 | 2 | 3,07,023 | 2.86% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 67 | 1 | 7,69,675 | 6.37% | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal (M) | 30 | 1 | 3,19,111 | 3.10% | |
| Independents | 244 | 6 | 11,18,348 | 10.87% | |
| Total[2] | 693 | 117 | 1,02,89,814 |
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Doda | 66.08% | Khalid Najeeb | JKNC | 23,564 | 74.36% | Ajay Kumar | BJP | 7,789 | 24.58% | 15,775 | ||
| States | No. of MLA/MPs | Value of each Vote | K. R. Narayanan (Votes) | K. R. Narayanan (Values) | T. N. Seshan (Votes) | T. N. Seshan (Values) | Invalid (Votes) | Invalid (Values) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members of Parliament | 776 | 708 | 676 | 478,608 | 26 | 18,408 | 32 | 22,656 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 294 | 148 | 254 | 37,592 | 9 | 1,332 | 17 | 2,516 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 60 | 8 | 56 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Assam | 126 | 116 | 110 | 12,760 | 5 | 580 | 1 | 116 |
| Bihar | 324 | 174 | 285 | 49,590 | 8 | 1,392 | 15 | 2,610 |
| Goa | 40 | 20 | 35 | 700 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 60 |
| Gujarat | 182 | 147 | 156 | 22,932 | 11 | 1,617 | 7 | 1,029 |
| Haryana | 90 | 112 | 77 | 8,624 | 3 | 336 | 6 | 672 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 68 | 51 | 63 | 3,213 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 87 | 72 | 74 | 5,328 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 288 |
| Karnataka | 224 | 131 | 191 | 25,021 | 13 | 1,703 | 11 | 1,441 |
| Kerala | 140 | 152 | 135 | 20,520 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 304 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 320 | 130 | 296 | 38,480 | 9 | 1,170 | 13 | 1,690 |
| Maharashtra | 288 | 175 | 173 | 30,275 | 96 | 16,800 | 1 | 175 |
| Manipur | 60 | 18 | 52 | 936 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| Meghalaya | 60 | 17 | 43 | 731 | 10 | 170 | 4 | 68 |
| Mizoram | 40 | 8 | 34 | 272 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagaland | 60 | 9 | 55 | 495 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Orissa | 147 | 149 | 132 | 19,668 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1,341 |
| Punjab | 117 | 116 | 106 | 12,296 | 1 | 116 | 7 | 812 |
| Rajasthan | 200 | 129 | 174 | 22,446 | 4 | 516 | 12 | 1,548 |
| Sikkim | 32 | 7 | 31 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil Nadu | 234 | 176 | 229 | 40304 | 2 | 352 | 2 | 352 |
| Tripura | 60 | 26 | 59 | 1534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 425 | 208 | 377 | 78,416 | 24 | 4,992 | 7 | 1,456 |
| West Bengal | 294 | 151 | 272 | 41,072 | 5 | 755 | 4 | 604 |
| Delhi | 70 | 58 | 58 | 3,364 | 3 | 174 | 8 | 464 |
| Pondicherry | 30 | 16 | 28 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| TOTAL | 4,848 | 3,232 | 4,231 | 956,290 | 240 | 50,631 | 171 | 22,656 |
| Source: Election Commission of India.[4] | ||||||||
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krishan Kant | Janata Dal | 441 | 61.76 | |
| Surjit Singh Barnala | SAD | 273 | 38.24 | |
| Total | 714 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid Votes | 714 | 93.95 | ||
| Invalid Votes | 46 | 6.05 | ||
| Turnout | 760 | 96.20 | ||
| Abstentions | 30 | 3.80 | ||
| Electors | 790 | |||
