List of elections in 1997

The following elections occurred in the year 1997.

Africa

 * 1997 Algerian legislative election
 * 1997 Burkinabé parliamentary election
 * 1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Cameroonian presidential election
 * 1997 Chadian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Djiboutian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Gambian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Kenyan general election
 * 1997 Liberian general election
 * April 1997 Malian parliamentary election
 * July 1997 Malian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Malian presidential election
 * 1997 Mauritanian presidential election
 * 1997 Moroccan general election

Asia

 * 1997 Balochistan provincial assembly election
 * 1997 Indian presidential election
 * 1997 Indonesian legislative election
 * 1997 Iranian presidential election
 * 1997 Pakistani general election
 * 1997 Philippine barangay election
 * 1997 Singaporean general election
 * 1997 South Korean presidential election
 * 1997 Indian presidential election
 * 1997 Yemeni parliamentary election

Europe

 * 1997 Albanian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Andorran parliamentary election
 * 1997 Bulgarian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Croatian presidential election
 * 1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election
 * 1997 Irish general election
 * 1997 Irish presidential election
 * 1997–1998 Lithuanian presidential election
 * 1997 Montenegrin presidential election
 * 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election
 * 1997 Polish parliamentary election
 * 1997 Serbian general election
 * 1997 Serbian presidential election
 * 1997 Slovenian presidential election

France

 * 1997 French legislative election

Germany

 * 1997 Hamburg state election

Spain

 * 1997 Galician regional election

United Kingdom

 * 1997 Beckenham by-election
 * Blair Babe
 * 1997 Conservative Party leadership election
 * Richard Huggett
 * List of MPs elected in the 1997 United Kingdom general election
 * 1997 United Kingdom local elections
 * 1997 Paisley South by-election
 * 1997 Scottish devolution referendum
 * 1997 United Kingdom general election
 * 1997 Uxbridge by-election
 * 1997 Winchester by-election
 * 1997 Wirral South by-election

United Kingdom local

 * 1997 United Kingdom local elections
 * 1997 Northern Ireland local elections

English local

 * 1997 Wiltshire County Council election

North America

 * 1996–97 Belizean municipal elections

Canada

 * 1997 Alberta general election
 * 1997 Canadian federal election
 * 1997 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election

Ontario municipal

 * 1997 Ontario municipal elections
 * 1997 Brantford municipal election
 * 1997 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
 * 1997 Ottawa municipal election
 * 1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections
 * 1997 St. Catharines municipal election
 * 1997 Sudbury municipal election
 * 1997 Toronto municipal election
 * 1997 Windsor municipal election

Caribbean

 * 1997 Jamaican general election

Mexico

 * 1997 Mexican legislative election

United States mayoral

 * 1997 Houston mayoral election
 * 1997 Los Angeles mayoral election
 * 1997 New York City mayoral election
 * 1997 Pittsburgh mayoral election

United States gubernatorial

 * 1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election
 * 1997 United States gubernatorial elections
 * 1997 Virginia gubernatorial election

Oceania

 * 1997 Papua New Guinean general election

Australia

 * 1997 Fraser by-election
 * 1997 Northern Territory general election
 * 1997 South Australian state election
 * 1997 Sutherland state by-election

South America

 * 1997 Argentine legislative election
 * 1997 Bolivian presidential election
 * 1997 Falkland Islands general election
 * 1997 Guyanese legislative election
 * 1997 Honduran general election
 * 1997 Salvadoran legislative election