1997 elections in India

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.

Punjab
!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=center
 * 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"|Total ||693||117|| 1,02,89,814||
 * }
 * 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"|Total ||693||117|| 1,02,89,814||
 * }
 * 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"|Total ||693||117|| 1,02,89,814||
 * }
 * align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87%
 * align="left"|Total ||693||117|| 1,02,89,814||
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 * align="left"|Total ||693||117|| 1,02,89,814||
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Vice president
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
 * - align=center

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|714 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00
 * 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;"|
 * align="left"|Surjit Singh Barnala||align="left"|SAD||273||38.24
 * colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
 * align="left"|Surjit Singh Barnala||align="left"|SAD||273||38.24
 * colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
 * colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
 * 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;"|
 * }
 * 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;"|
 * }
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
 * }
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