Elections in the Republic of India in 1997 included, the 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, elections to seats in the Rajya Sabha and the elections to the posts of President and vice president.
Legislative Assembly elections Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 7 February 1997Punjab Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Parkash Singh Badal Punjab
|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal||92||75||38,73,099||37.64%
|align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||22||18||8,57,219||8.33%
|align="left"|Indian National Congress||105||14||27,36,346||26.38%
|align="left"|Communist Party of India||15||2||3,07,023||2.86%
|align="left"|Bahujan Samaj Party||67||1||7,69,675||6.37%
|align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (M)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10%
|align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
|align="left"|TotalThe total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.||693||117|| 1,02,89,814||
Legislative Assembly By-elections Jammu and Kashmir Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Doda66.08%Khalid Najeeb23,56474.36%Ajay Kumar7,78924.58%15,775
Rajya Sabha
President
StatesNo. of MLA/MPsValue of each VoteK. R. Narayanan (Votes)K. R. Narayanan (Values)T. N. Seshan (Votes)T. N. Seshan (Values)Invalid (Votes)Invalid (Values)Members of Parliament776708676478,6082618,4083222,656Andhra Pradesh29414825437,59291,332172,516Arunachal Pradesh6085644800324Assam12611611012,76055801116Bihar32417428549,59081,392152,610Goa402035700240360Gujarat18214715622,932111,61771,029Haryana90112778,62433366672Himachal Pradesh6851633,213002102Jammu and Kashmir8772745,3281724288Karnataka22413119125,021131,703111,441Kerala14015213520,520002304Madhya Pradesh32013029638,48091,170131,690Maharashtra28817517330,2759616,8001175Manipur60185293647200Meghalaya60174373110170468Mizoram4083427221600Nagaland6095549521800Orissa14714913219,6680091,341Punjab11711610612,29611167812Rajasthan20012917422,4464516121,548Sikkim327312170000Tamil Nadu2341762294030423522352Tripura60265915340000Uttar Pradesh42520837778,416244,99271,456West Bengal29415127241,07257554604Delhi7058583,36431748464Pondicherry30162844800116TOTAL4,8483,2324,231956,29024050,63117122,656Source: Election Commission of India.
Vice president
|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|align="left"|Krishan Kant||align="left"|Janata Dal||441||61.76
|align="left"|Surjit Singh Barnala||align="left"|SAD||273||38.24 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|714 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||714||93.95 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||46||6.05 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||760||96.20 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||30||3.80 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
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