Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 was held in

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n state of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

in 1997, to elect 117 members to the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 ...

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Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are man ...

had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election.

Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He i ...

was elected as the

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Voter Statistics

Voter Turnout

Voter Turnout and total electors list
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Results

By alliance

By party

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Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, , 22, , 17, , 8,57,219, , 8.33% , - , , align="left",

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

, , 105, , 14, , 27,36,346, , 26.38% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, , 15, , 2, , 3,07,023, , 2.86% , - , , align="left",

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

, , 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, , , -

Results by constituencies

Government formation

had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election.

was elected as the

Bye Elections 1997-2002

References

{{Reflist3. https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/info?eid=133&stateac=7 1997 State Assembly elections in India

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