Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 was held in

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Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly.

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Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal 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 ma ...

had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the

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Parties contested

Akali dal broke its alliance with BSP with whom they fought Lok sabha elections of 1996 and allianced with BJP SAD 94 BJP 23

Voter statistics

Voter turnout

Voter turnout and total electors list

Results

By alliance

By party

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, , 92, , 75, , 38,73,099, , 37.64% , - , , align="left",

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, , 22, , 18, , 8,57,219, , 8.33% , - , , align="left",

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

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

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

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

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a 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), along with Religious ...

, , 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% , - !colspan=2, 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. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the

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Bye elections 1997-2002

References

{{Reflist 1997 State Assembly elections in India

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