# 1997 elections in India

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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.

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Jammu and Kashmir

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Doda | 66.08% | Khalid Najeeb | | JKNC | 23,564 | 74.36% | Ajay Kumar | | BJP | 7,789 | 24.58% | 15,775 |

### Punjab

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 :
| 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 | 693 | 117 | 1,02,89,814 | |

## President

| States | No. of MLA/MPs | Value of each Vote | K. R. Narayanan (Votes) | K. R. Narayanan (Values) | T. N. Seshan (Votes) | T. N. Seshan (Values) | Invalid (Votes) | Invalid (Values) |
| Members of Parliament | 776 | 708 | 676 | 478,608 | 26 | 18,408 | 32 | 22,656 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 294 | 148 | 254 | 37,592 | 9 | 1,332 | 17 | 2,516 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 60 | 8 | 56 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Assam | 126 | 116 | 110 | 12,760 | 5 | 580 | 1 | 116 |
| Bihar | 324 | 174 | 285 | 49,590 | 8 | 1,392 | 15 | 2,610 |
| Goa | 40 | 20 | 35 | 700 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 60 |
| Gujarat | 182 | 147 | 156 | 22,932 | 11 | 1,617 | 7 | 1,029 |
| Haryana | 90 | 112 | 77 | 8,624 | 3 | 336 | 6 | 672 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 68 | 51 | 63 | 3,213 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 87 | 72 | 74 | 5,328 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 288 |
| Karnataka | 224 | 131 | 191 | 25,021 | 13 | 1,703 | 11 | 1,441 |
| Kerala | 140 | 152 | 135 | 20,520 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 304 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 320 | 130 | 296 | 38,480 | 9 | 1,170 | 13 | 1,690 |
| Maharashtra | 288 | 175 | 173 | 30,275 | 96 | 16,800 | 1 | 175 |
| Manipur | 60 | 18 | 52 | 936 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| Meghalaya | 60 | 17 | 43 | 731 | 10 | 170 | 4 | 68 |
| Mizoram | 40 | 8 | 34 | 272 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagaland | 60 | 9 | 55 | 495 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Orissa | 147 | 149 | 132 | 19,668 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1,341 |
| Punjab | 117 | 116 | 106 | 12,296 | 1 | 116 | 7 | 812 |
| Rajasthan | 200 | 129 | 174 | 22,446 | 4 | 516 | 12 | 1,548 |
| Sikkim | 32 | 7 | 31 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil Nadu | 234 | 176 | 229 | 40304 | 2 | 352 | 2 | 352 |
| Tripura | 60 | 26 | 59 | 1534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 425 | 208 | 377 | 78,416 | 24 | 4,992 | 7 | 1,456 |
| West Bengal | 294 | 151 | 272 | 41,072 | 5 | 755 | 4 | 604 |
| Delhi | 70 | 58 | 58 | 3,364 | 3 | 174 | 8 | 464 |
| Pondicherry | 30 | 16 | 28 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| TOTAL | 4,848 | 3,232 | 4,231 | 956,290 | 240 | 50,631 | 171 | 22,656 |
| Source: Election Commission of India. |||||||||

## Vice president

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1997 :
| | Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | % of Votes |
| | Krishan Kant | Janata Dal | 441 | 61.76 |
| | Surjit Singh Barnala | SAD | 273 | 38.24 |
| Total | Total | Total | 714 | 100.00 |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 714 | 93.95 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 46 | 6.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 760 | 96.20 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 30 | 3.80 |
| Electors | Electors | Electors | 790 | |