1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly. 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
Akali dal broke it's alliance with BSP with whom they fought Lok sabha elections of 1996 and allianced with BJP SAD 94 BJP 23

Voter turnout
Voter turnout and total electors list

By party
!| !colspan=10| !colspan=2|Party !Candidates !Seats won !Votes !% of Votes !colspan=2|Total !!693!!117!! 1,02,89,814!!
 * 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 (A)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * 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 (A)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * align="left"|Bahujan Samaj Party||67||1||7,69,675||6.37%
 * align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
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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.