1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly. Election Commission of India Shiromani Akali Dal had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the chief minister.
Parties contested Shiromani Akali Dal broke its alliance with BSP with whom they fought Lok sabha elections of 1996 and allianced with BJP; SAD - 94 BJP - 23
Voter statistics S.no.Title#1.Electors1,52,25,3952.Votes polled1,04,63,8683.Turnout68.7%4.Total ACs1175.General seats886.SC reserved constituencies29
Voter turnout Voter turnout and total electors list
Results By alliance S.no.AllianceSeatsVotes %Contested voteshare1.Akali Dal Alliance9546.847.12.Congress Alliance1629.3303.BSP Alliance210.612.9Total11386.790
By party !| !colspan=10| |- !colspan=2|Party !Candidates !Seats won !Votes !% of votes
|align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal||92||116||38,73,099||37.64%
|align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||22||0||8,57,219||8.33%
|align="left"|Indian National Congress||105||1||27,36,346||26.38%
|align="left"|Communist Party of India||15||0||3,07,023||2.86%
|align="left"|Bahujan Samaj Party||67||0||7,69,675||6.37%
|align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)||30||0||3,19,111||3.10%
|align="left"|Independents||244||0||11,18,348||10.87% |- !colspan=2|TotalThe total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.!!693!!117!! 1,02,89,814!!
Results by constituencies Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Fatehgarh Nirmal Singh 43,195 52.66 Sukhjinder Singh 37,659 45.915,5366.75 2 Batala Jagdish Sahni 49,843 56.10 Ashwani Sekhri 35,986 40.5013,85715.60 3 Qadian Natha Singh Dalam 43,424 46.84 Tripat Rajinder Singh 37,761 40.745,6636.10 4 Sri Hargobindpur Balbir Singh 40,934 58.28 Gurnam Singh 15,945 22.7024,98935.58 5 Kahnuwan Sewa Singh Sekhwan 42,674 53.25 Partap Singh Bajwa 35,919 44.826,7558.43 6 Dhariwal Sucha Singh Langah 39,549 47.14 Sucha Singh Chhotepur 35,070 41.804,4795.34 7 Gurdaspur Kartar Singh Pahra 42,337 48.57 Khushhal Bahl 25,230 28.9517,10719.62 8 Dina Nagar (SC) Roop Rani 47,723 63.97 Krishan Kumar 19,905 26.6827,81837.29 9 Narot Mehra (SC) Ram Lal 35,384 51.17 Kishan Chand 14,132 20.4421,25230.73 10 Pathankot Mohan Lal 46,365 56.61 Raman Kumar Bhalla 31,649 38.6414,71617.97 11 Sujanpur Satpal Saini 36,775 43.55 Raghunath Sahai Puri 26,741 31.6710,03411.88 12 Beas Manmohan Singh 43,588 48.39 Jasbir Singh 41,761 46.371,8272.02 13 Majitha Parkash Singh Majitha 34,026 39.29 Sawinder Singh 31,195 36.022,8313.27 14 Verka (SC) Ujagar Singh 52,554 57.05 Gurmej Singh 21,109 22.9131,44534.14 15 Jandiala (SC) Ajaypal Singh Mirankot 51,377 56.46 Sardool Singh 31,617 34.7419,76021.72 16 Amritsar North Baldev Raj Chawla 35,661 60.10 Faqir Chand Sharma 18,929 31.9016,73228.20 17 Amritsar West Om Parkash Soni 42,305 40.10 Om Parkash Kalia 28,634 27.1413,67112.96 18 Amritsar Central Laxmi Kanta Chawla 27,070 53.88 Darbari Lal 12,487 24.8514,58329.03 19 Amritsar South Manjit Singh Calcutta 31,060 40.62 Harjinder Singh Thekedar 16,565 21.6614,49518.96 20 Ajnala Rattan Singh Ajnala 50,705 50.49 Rajbir Singh 48,994 48.791,7111.70 21 Raja Sansi Vir Singh Lopoke 52,182 62.34 Sukhbinder Sarkaria 31,527 37.6620,65524.68 22 Attari (SC) Gulzar Ranike 52,134 75.58 Sardul Singh 10,956 15.8841,17859.70 23 Tarn Taran Prem Singh Lalpur 45,121 59.50 Dalbagh Singh Daleke 19,902 26.2525,21933.25 24 Khadoor Sahib (SC) Ranjit Singh 45,292 61.95 Lakha Singh 12,002 16.4233,29045.53 25 Naushahra Panwan Ranjit Singh 48,339 71.52 Jagir Singh 16,743 24.7731,59646.75 26 Patti Adesh Partap Singh 60,721 71.46 Sukhwinder Singh 13,234 15.5747,48755.89 27 Valtoha Jagir Singh 37,733 47.67 Gurchet Singh 36,579 46.211,1541.46 28 Adampur Saroop Singh 40,578 48.76 Kanwaljit Singh Lally 24,274 29.1716,30419.59 29 Jalandhar Cantt. Tej Parkash Singh 32,426 42.63 Surjit Singh Minhas 28,766 37.823,6604.81 30 Jalandhar North Avtar Henry 33,893 45.91 Naval Kishore 31,723 42.972,1702.94 31 Jalandhar Central Manoranjan Kalia 43,041 60.59 Jai Kishan Saini 23,671 33.3219,37027.27 32 Jalandhar South (SC) Chuni Lal 32,708 38.51 Mohinder Singh Kaypee 26,574 31.296,1347.22 33 Kartarpur (SC) Jagjit Singh 29,596 35.85 Ram Lal Jassi 29,320 35.522760.33 34 Lohian Ajit Singh Kohar 59,341 60.16 Darshan Singh 32,181 32.6227,16027.54 35 Nakodar Amarjit Singh Samra 33,729 37.92 Gurbachan Singh Dhiman 22,881 25.7210,84812.20 36 Nur Mahal Gurdip Singh 27,600 30.14 Gurwinder Singh 27,152 29.654480.49 37 Banga (SC) Mohan Lal 27,757 34.74 Satnam Singh Kainth 27,148 33.986090.76 38 Nawan Shahr Charanjit Singh 35,933 34.84 Jatinder Singh 33,943 32.911,9901.93 39 Phillaur (SC) Sarwan Singh Phillaur 31,045 35.49 Santokh Chaudhary 25,493 29.155,5526.34 40 Bholath Jagir Kaur 53,168 66.92 Sukhpal Khaira 25,141 31.6428,02735.28 41 Kapurthala Raghbir Singh 32,405 46.52 Gulzar Singh 20,150 28.9312,25517.59 42 Sultanpur Upinderjit Kaur 47,455 59.81 Rajanbir Singh 25,529 32.1721,92627.64 43 Phagwara (SC) Swarna Ram 50,176 52.67 Joginder Singh Mann 23,553 24.7226,62327.95 44 Balachaur Nand Lal 42,403 52.98 Hargopal Singh 21,881 27.3420,52225.64 45 Garhshankar Shingara Ram Sahungra 21,291 27.79 Avinash 20,490 26.758011.04 46 Mahilpur (SC) Sohan Singh 29,400 44.53 Avtar Singh Karimpuri 20,667 31.308,73313.23 47 Hoshiarpur Tikshan Sud 39,444 49.37 Mohinder Pal 17,329 21.6922,11527.68 48 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Arjan Singh Josh 32,738 44.52 Gurpal Chand 19,243 26.1713,49518.35 49 Tanda Balvir Singh 41,745 53.29 Surjit Kaur 21,359 27.2720,38626.02 50 Garhdiwala (SC) Sohan Singh 36,826 51.25 Dharampal Sabharwal 18,310 25.4818,51625.77 51 Dasuya Romesh Chander 31,754 39.25 Mahant Ram Parkash 31,701 39.19530.06 52 Mukerian Arunesh Kumar 53,594 54.41 Kewal Krishan 34,102 34.6219,49219.79 53 Jagraon Bhag Singh 46,034 48.40 Darshan Singh 27,080 28.4718,95419.93 54 Raikot Harmohinder Pardhan 38,297 42.66 Ranjit Singh Talwandi 34,245 38.144,0524.52 55 Dakha (SC) Bikramjit Singh 64,605 51.93 Malkit Singh Dakha 49,495 39.7815,11012.15 56 Qila Raipur Parkash Singh Badal 38,532 44.74 Tarsem Jodhan 27,500 31.9311,03212.81 57 Ludhiana North Rakesh Kumar 33,614 52.57 Krishan Lal 12,752 19.9420,86232.63 58 Ludhiana West Maheshinder Singh 41,725 55.17 Harnam Das Johar 28,832 38.1212,89317.05 59 Ludhiana East Sat Pal Gosain 36,338 58.87 Om Parkash Gupta 20,027 32.4416,31126.43 60 Ludhiana Rural Hira Singh Gabbaria 93,924 58.15 Jagdev Singh 32,897 20.3761,02737.78 61 Payal Sadhu Singh 42,459 49.41 Kartar Singh 35,185 40.947,2748.47 62 Kum Kalan (SC) Charanjit Singh 45,616 50.25 Ishar Singh 32,193 35.4613,42314.79 63 Samrala Amrik Singh 37,078 45.94 Kirpal Singh 35,659 44.181,4191.76 64 Khanna (SC) Bachan Singh 45,089 51.97 Shamsher Singh 32,340 37.2712,74914.70 65 Nangal Madan Mohan Mittal 29,867 40.29 Mohinder Paul 20,596 27.799,27112.50 66 Anandpur Sahib-Ropar Tara Singh 37,878 47.19 Ramesh Dutt Sharma 31,834 39.666,0447.53 67 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Satwant Kaur 40,349 57.97 Bhag Singh 14,205 20.4126,14437.56 68 Morinda Ravi Inder Singh 37,986 41.41 Jagmohan Singh 33,151 36.144,8355.27 69 Kharar Daljeet Kaur 56,399 57.48 Mann Singh 21,643 22.0634,75635.42 70 Banur Kanwaljit Singh 44,972 49.46 Mohinder Singh Gill 22,374 24.6122,59824.85 71 Rajpura Balram Ji Dass 38,543 42.00 Raj Khurana 37,452 40.821,0911.18 72 Ghanaur Ajaib Singh Mukhmail Pura 42,150 48.13 Jasjit Singh Randhawa 34,326 39.197,8248.94 73 Dakala Harmail Singh 41,062 39.62 Lal Singh 31,159 30.069,9039.56 74 Shutrana (SC) Gurdev Singh Sidhu 45,592 48.13 Ram Chand 29,419 31.0516,17317.08 75 Samana Jagtar Singh Rajla 65,154 57.94 Brij Lal 24,858 22.1040,29635.84 76 Patiala Town Surjit Singh Kohli 41,430 52.81 Brahm Mohindra 28,766 36.6612,66416.15 77 Nabha Narinder Singh 37,459 35.11 Randeep Singh 36,165 33.901,2941.21 78 Amloh (SC) Balwant Singh 44,204 44.53 Sadhu Singh 31,472 31.7012,73212.83 79 Sirhind Harbans Lal 29,983 31.71 Kirpal Singh Libra 24,744 26.175,2395.54 80 Dhuri Dhanwant Singh 28,988 31.26 Surinder Singh 25,297 27.283,6913.98 81 Malerkotla Nusrat Ali Khan 44,305 41.61 Ajit Singh 25,285 23.7519,02017.86 82 Sherpur (SC) Gobind Singh 31,149 34.95 Raj Singh 27,947 31.363,2023.59 83 Barnala Malkiat Singh 41,819 42.62 Rajinder Kaur 18,105 18.4523,71424.17 84 Bhadaur (SC) Balbir Singh 33,207 39.53 Mohinder Pal Singh 21,680 25.8111,52713.72 85 Dhanaula Gobind Singh 33,748 36.89 Manjit Singh 30,666 33.523,0823.37 86 Sangrur Ranjit Singh 43,971 44.13 Surinder Pal Singh 41,615 41.762,3562.37 87 Dirbha Gurcharan Singh 36,549 38.95 Baldev Singh 30,186 32.176,3636.78 88 Sunam Bhagwan Dass Arora 42,413 41.06 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 39,907 38.642,5062.42 89 Lehra Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 51,769 53.62 Garja Singh Khandebad 41,039 42.5110,73011.11 90 Balluana (SC) Gurtej Singh 44,835 55.18 Babu Ram 22,804 28.0622,03127.12 91 Abohar Ram Kumar 55,329 56.01 Sajjan Kumar 39,767 40.2615,56215.75 92 Fazilka Surjit Kumar 41,790 45.48 Mohinder Kumar 29,669 32.2912,12113.19 93 Jalalabad Sher Singh 42,844 37.16 Hans Raj 39,447 34.213,3972.95 94 Guru Har Sahai Paramjit Singh 31,704 29.13 Sajwar Singh 23,096 21.228,6087.91 95 Firozepur Girdhara Singh 45,020 53.39 Mukhtiar Singh 21,151 25.0823,86928.31 96 Firozepur Cantt. Janmeja Singh 38,281 44.10 Ravinder Singh 36,551 42.111,7301.99 97 Zira Inderjit Singh 59,635 59.42 Naresh Kumar 40,037 39.8919,59819.53 98 Dharamkot (SC) Sital Singh 57,400 64.79 Kewal Singh 30,758 34.7226,64230.07 99 Moga Tota Singh 41,616 47.42 Sathi Vijay Kumar 20,217 23.0421,39924.38 100 Bagha Purana Sadhu Singh 45,869 48.43 Maheshinder Singh 41,496 43.814,3734.62 101 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) Ajaib Singh 39,842 47.29 Zora Singh 38,051 45.161,7912.13 102 Panjgrain (SC) Gurdev Singh Badal 44,265 50.19 Gurcharan Singh 35,905 40.718,3609.48 103 Kot Kapura Mantar Singh 50,562 48.56 Mohinder Singh 34,933 33.5515,62915.01 104 Faridkot Avtar Singh 55,857 50.99 Jagdish Kaur 52,334 47.773,5233.22 105 Muktsar Harnirpal Singh 52,166 56.66 Avtar Singh 39,398 42.7912,76813.87 106 Giddar Baha Manpreet Singh Badal 51,086 53.02 Malkit Singh 33,938 35.2217,14817.80 107 Malout (SC) Sujan Singh 39,583 48.51 Nathu Ram 22,617 27.7216,96620.79 108 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal 52,963 57.32 Gurnam Abulkhurana 24,235 26.2328,72831.09 109 Talwandi Sabo Harminder Singh Jassi 36,483 39.93 Jeet Mohinder Singh 33,290 36.443,1933.49 110 Pakka Kalan (SC) Makhan Singh 39,873 49.82 Rameshwer Dass 28,844 36.0411,02913.78 111 Bathinda Chiranji Lal Garg 55,736 50.84 Surinder Kapoor 31,355 28.6024,38122.24 112 Nathana (SC) Balbir Singh 41,957 48.97 Gulzar Singh 25,053 29.2416,90419.73 113 Rampura Phul Sikandar Singh 36,187 38.34 Harbans Singh 26,703 28.299,48410.05 114 Joga Baldev Singh 30,928 34.04 Sukhdev Singh Dhillon 27,309 30.063,6193.98 115 Mansa Sukhvinder Singh 36,013 38.27 Boota Singh 34,227 36.371,7861.90 116 Budhlada Hardev Singh 47,469 49.31 Harbant Singh 41,020 42.626,4496.69 117 Sardulgarh Ajit Inder Singh 45,152 46.14 Balwinder Singh 42,035 42.953,1173.19
Government formation Shiromani Akali Dal had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the Chief Minister.
Bye elections 1997-2002 # AC nameNoTypeWinning candidatePartyElectorsVotesTurnoutReason1Ludhiana North57GENRakesh PandeyINC1,39,15651,187NANA2Majitha13GENRaj Mohinder SinghSAD1,23,82987,76470.9 %Death of Shri Sardar Parkash Singh Majitha3Raipur56GENJagdish Singh GarchaSAD1,22,39990,12973.6 %NA4Shamchurasi48SCMohinder KaurSAD1,18,91563,63953.5 %NA5Sunam88GENParminder SinghSAD1,39,30197,49770 %NA
See also Elections in Punjab, India
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