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 Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] Shiromani Akali Dal gained majority of the seats. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the Chief Minister.

1997 Punjab legislative assembly election

30 January 1997
All 117 seats to the Vidhan Sabha 59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.30% (2.88%)
Leader Parkash Singh Badal Captain Amarinder Singh Party SAD INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 1 March 1997 26 February 2002 Leader's seat Lambi Patiala Last election 9 87 Seats won 93 14 Seat change 84 73 Popular vote 4,730,318 2,736,346 Percentage 45.97% 26.38%
Chief Minister before election Parkash Singh Badal SAD Elected Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal SAD

Results

 Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997[1]

	Political Party	No. of Candidates	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes
	Shiromani Akali Dal	92	75	38,73,099	37.64%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	22	18	8,57,219	8.33%
	Indian National Congress	105	14	27,36,346	26.38%
	Communist Party of India	15	2	3,07,023	2.86%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	67	1	7,69,675	6.37%
	Shiromani Akali Dal (M)	30	1	3,19,111	3.10%
	Independents	244	6	11,18,348	10.87%
	Total[2]	693	117	1,02,89,814

References

1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India
2. The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.