# 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 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly. Shiromani Akali Dal had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the chief minister.

## 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

| S.no. | Title | # |
| 1. | Electors | 1,52,25,395 |
| 2. | Votes polled | 1,04,63,868 |
| 3. | Turnout | 68.7% |
| 4. | Total ACs | 117 |
| 5. | General seats | 88 |
| 6. | SC reserved constituencies | 29 |

## Voter turnout

Voter turnout and total electors list

## Results
### By alliance

| S.no. | Alliance | Seats | Votes % | Contested voteshare |
| 1. | Akali Dal Alliance | 95 | 46.8 | 47.1 |
| 2. | Congress Alliance | 16 | 29.3 | 30 |
| 3. | BSP Alliance | 2 | 10.6 | 12.9 |
| Total | Total | 113 | 86.7 | 90 |

### By party

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats won | 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 (A) | 30 | 1 | 3,19,111 | 3.10% |
| | Independents | 244 | 6 | 11,18,348 | 10.87% |
| Total | Total | 693 | 117 | 1,02,89,814 | |

### Results by constituencies

| S.no. | AC name | AC no. | Type | Winning candidate | Party | Total electors | Total votes | Poll % | Margin | Margin % |
| 1 | Abohar | 91 | GEN | Ram Kumar | BJP | 1,48,380 | 1,00,293 | 67.6 % | 15,562 | 15.5% |
| 2 | Adampur | 28 | GEN | Saroop Singh | SAD | 1,19,434 | 84,410 | 70.7 % | 16,304 | 19.3% |
| 3 | Ajnala | 20 | GEN | Rattan Singh | SAD | 1,34,221 | 1,02,467 | 76.3 % | 1,711 | 1.7% |
| 4 | Amloh | 78 | SC | Balwant Singh | SAD | 1,47,805 | 1,02,116 | 69.1 % | 12,732 | 12.5% |
| 5 | Amritsar Central | 18 | GEN | Laxmi Kanta Chawla | BJP | 83,232 | 50,771 | 61.0 % | 14,583 | 28.7% |
| 6 | Amritsar North | 16 | GEN | Baldev Raj Chawla | BJP | 1,14,372 | 59,968 | 52.4 % | 16,732 | 27.9% |
| 7 | Amritsar South | 19 | GEN | Manjit Singh Calcutta | SAD | 1,40,221 | 77,599 | 55.3 % | 14,495 | 18.7% |
| 8 | Amritsar West | 17 | GEN | Om Parkash Soni | IND | 1,83,163 | 1,07,564 | 58.7 % | 13,671 | 12.7% |
| 9 | Anandpur Sahib-Ropar | 66 | GEN | Tara Singh | SAD | 1,26,851 | 81,387 | 64.2 % | 6,044 | 7.4% |
| 10 | Attari | 22 | SC | Gulzar Singh | SAD | 1,07,125 | 70,340 | 65.7 % | 41,178 | 58.5% |
| 11 | Bagha Purana | 100 | GEN | Sadhu Singh | SAD | 1,23,916 | 95,824 | 77.3 % | 4,373 | 4.6% |
| 12 | Balachaur | 44 | GEN | Nand Lal | SAD | 1,25,037 | 80,941 | 64.7 % | 20,522 | 25.4% |
| 13 | Balluana | 90 | SC | Gurtej Singh | SAD | 1,20,739 | 82,921 | 68.7 % | 22,031 | 26.6% |
| 14 | Banga | 37 | SC | Mohan Lal | SAD | 1,11,340 | 81,150 | 72.9 % | 609 | 0.8% |
| 15 | Banur | 70 | GEN | Kanwaljit Singh | SAD | 1,34,234 | 92,554 | 68.9 % | 22,598 | 24.4% |
| 16 | Barnala | 83 | GEN | Malkiat Singh | IND | 1,32,009 | 99,443 | 75.3 % | 23,714 | 23.8% |
| 17 | Batala | 2 | GEN | Jagdish | BJP | 1,30,145 | 89,860 | 69.0 % | 13,857 | 15.4% |
| 18 | Beas | 12 | GEN | Manmohan Singh | SAD | 1,26,962 | 91,722 | 72.2 % | 1,827 | 2.0% |
| 19 | Bhadaur | 84 | SC | Balbir Singh | SAD | 1,14,730 | 85,567 | 74.6 % | 11,527 | 13.5% |
| 20 | Bhatinda | 111 | GEN | Chiranji Lal Garg | SAD | 1,93,167 | 1,11,463 | 57.7 % | 24,381 | 21.9% |
| 21 | Bholath | 40 | GEN | Jagir Kaur | SAD | 1,12,970 | 80,783 | 71.5 % | 28,027 | 34.7% |
| 22 | Budhlada | 116 | GEN | Hardev Singh | CPI | 1,24,112 | 97,626 | 78.7 % | 6,449 | 6.6% |
| 23 | Chamkaur Sahib | 67 | SC | Satwant Kaur | SAD | 1,13,509 | 71,922 | 63.4 % | 26,144 | 36.4% |
| 24 | Dakala | 73 | GEN | Harmail Singh | SAD | 1,39,963 | 1,05,788 | 75.6 % | 9,903 | 9.4% |
| 25 | Dakha | 55 | SC | Bikramjit Singh | SAD | 2,09,058 | 1,26,522 | 60.5 % | 15,110 | 11.9% |
| 26 | Dasuya | 51 | GEN | Romesh Chander | INC | 1,20,362 | 82,180 | 68.3 % | 53 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Dhanaula | 85 | GEN | Gobind Singh | SAD | 1,19,150 | 92,764 | 77.9 % | 3,082 | 3.3% |
| 28 | Dharamkot | 98 | SC | Sital Singh | SAD | 1,24,204 | 90,360 | 72.8 % | 26,642 | 29.5% |
| 29 | Dhariwal | 6 | GEN | Sucha Singh Langah | SAD | 1,17,425 | 85,062 | 72.4 % | 4,479 | 5.3% |
| 30 | Dhuri | 80 | GEN | Dhanwant Singh | IND | 1,26,343 | 96,781 | 76.6 % | 3,691 | 3.8% |
| 31 | Dina Nagar | 8 | SC | Roop Rani | BJP | 1,24,892 | 75,556 | 60.5 % | 27,818 | 36.8% |
| 32 | Dirbha | 87 | GEN | Gurcharan Singh | INC | 1,15,875 | 94,881 | 81.9 % | 6,363 | 6.7% |
| 33 | Faridkot | 104 | GEN | Avtar Singh | INC | 1,50,512 | 1,11,139 | 73.8 % | 3,523 | 3.2% |
| 34 | Fatehgarh | 1 | GEN | Nirmal Singh | IND | 1,10,698 | 82,970 | 75.0 % | 5,536 | 6.7% |
| 35 | Fazilka | 92 | GEN | Surjit Kumar | BJP | 1,19,160 | 93,093 | 78.1 % | 12,121 | 13.0% |
| 36 | Firozepur | 95 | GEN | Girdhara Singh | BJP | 1,31,177 | 85,496 | 65.2 % | 23,869 | 27.9% |
| 37 | Firozepur Cantonment | 96 | GEN | Janmeja Singh | SAD | 1,15,672 | 87,999 | 76.1 % | 1,730 | 2.0% |
| 38 | Garhdiwala | 50 | SC | Sohan Singh | SAD | 1,17,417 | 73,251 | 62.4 % | 18,516 | 25.3% |
| 39 | Garhshankar | 45 | GEN | Shingara Ram Sahungra | BSP | 1,15,301 | 77,489 | 67.2 % | 801 | 1.0% |
| 40 | Ghanaur | 72 | GEN | Ajaib Singh Mukhmail Pura | SAD | 1,28,171 | 89,964 | 70.2 % | 7,824 | 8.7% |
| 41 | Giddar Baha | 106 | GEN | Manpreet Singh Badal | SAD | 1,31,786 | 97,179 | 73.7 % | 17,148 | 17.6% |
| 42 | Gurdaspur | 7 | GEN | Kartar Singh Pahra | SAD | 1,30,216 | 88,016 | 67.6 % | 17,107 | 19.4% |
| 43 | Guru Har Sahai | 94 | GEN | Paramjit Singh | SAD | 1,41,744 | 1,10,411 | 77.9 % | 8,608 | 7.8% |
| 44 | Hoshiarpur | 47 | GEN | Tikhshan Sood | BJP | 1,28,754 | 80,793 | 62.7 % | 22,115 | 27.4% |
| 45 | Jagraon | 53 | GEN | Bhag Singh | SAD | 1,37,323 | 96,946 | 70.6 % | 18,954 | 19.6% |
| 46 | Jalalabad | 93 | GEN | Sher Singh | SAD | 1,47,927 | 1,16,769 | 78.9 % | 3,397 | 2.9% |
| 47 | Jandiala | 15 | SC | Ajaypal Singh Mirankot | SAD | 1,45,055 | 92,821 | 64.0 % | 19,760 | 21.3% |
| 48 | Joga | 114 | GEN | Baldev Singh | SAD | 1,15,657 | 92,531 | 80.0 % | 3,619 | 3.9% |
| 49 | Jullundur Cantonment | 29 | GEN | Tej Parkash Singh | INC | 1,27,315 | 77,077 | 60.5 % | 3,660 | 4.7% |
| 50 | Jullundur Central | 31 | GEN | Manoranjan Kalia | BJP | 1,23,014 | 71,826 | 58.4 % | 19,370 | 27.0% |
| 51 | Jullundur North | 30 | GEN | Avtar Henry | INC | 1,19,515 | 74,623 | 62.4 % | 2,170 | 2.9% |
| 52 | Jullundur South | 32 | SC | Chuni Lal | BJP | 1,31,230 | 85,882 | 65.4 % | 6,134 | 7.1% |
| 53 | Kahnuwan | 5 | GEN | Sewa Singh Sekhwan | SAD | 1,12,812 | 81,502 | 72.2 % | 6,755 | 8.3% |
| 54 | Kapurthala | 41 | GEN | Raghbir Singh | SAD | 1,11,537 | 71,100 | 63.7 % | 12,255 | 17.2% |
| 55 | Kartarpur | 33 | SC | Jagjit Singh | INC | 1,20,395 | 84,205 | 69.9 % | 276 | 0.3% |
| 56 | Khadoor Sahib | 24 | SC | Ranjit Singh | SAD | 1,14,193 | 74,413 | 65.2 % | 33,290 | 44.7% |
| 57 | Khanna | 64 | SC | Bachan Singh | SAD | 1,30,540 | 89,207 | 68.3 % | 12,749 | 14.3% |
| 58 | Kharar | 69 | GEN | Daljeet Kaur | SAD | 1,86,970 | 1,01,492 | 54.3 % | 34,756 | 34.2% |
| 59 | Kot Kapura | 103 | GEN | Mantar Singh | IND | 1,44,040 | 1,05,674 | 73.4 % | 15,629 | 14.8% |
| 60 | Kum Kalan | 62 | SC | Charanjit Singh | SAD | 1,33,344 | 92,374 | 69.3 % | 13,423 | 14.5% |
| 61 | Lambi | 108 | GEN | Parkash Singh Badal | SAD | 1,23,519 | 93,592 | 75.8 % | 28,728 | 30.7% |
| 62 | Lehra | 89 | GEN | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | INC | 1,22,760 | 97,788 | 79.7 % | 10,730 | 11.0% |
| 63 | Lohian | 34 | GEN | Ajit Singh Kohar | SAD | 1,34,946 | 1,00,051 | 74.1 % | 27,160 | 27.1% |
| 64 | Ludhiana East | 59 | GEN | Sat Pal Gosain | BJP | 1,07,827 | 62,874 | 58.3 % | 16,311 | 25.9% |
| 65 | Ludhiana North | 57 | GEN | Rakesh Kumar | INC | 1,31,959 | 65,217 | 49.4 % | 20,862 | 32.0% |
| 66 | Ludhiana Rural | 60 | GEN | Hira Singh Gabbaria | SAD | 3,04,396 | 1,64,704 | 54.1 % | 61,027 | 37.1% |
| 67 | Ludhiana West | 58 | GEN | Maheshinder Singh | SAD | 1,40,898 | 76,375 | 54.2 % | 12,893 | 16.9% |
| 68 | Mahilpur | 46 | SC | Sohan Singh | SAD | 1,00,624 | 66,855 | 66.4 % | 8,733 | 13.1% |
| 69 | Majitha | 13 | GEN | Parkash Singh | SAD | 1,16,382 | 88,158 | 75.7 % | 2,831 | 3.2% |
| 70 | Malerkotla | 81 | GEN | Nusrat Ali Khan | SAD | 1,43,138 | 1,07,639 | 75.2 % | 19,020 | 17.7% |
| 71 | Malout | 107 | SC | Sujan Singh | SAD | 1,27,844 | 82,736 | 64.7 % | 16,966 | 20.5% |
| 72 | Mansa | 115 | GEN | Sukhvinder Singh | SAD | 1,36,293 | 95,613 | 70.2 % | 1,786 | 1.9% |
| 73 | Moga | 99 | GEN | Tota Singh | SAD | 1,33,659 | 88,825 | 66.5 % | 21,399 | 24.1% |
| 74 | Morinda | 68 | GEN | Ravi Inder Singh | SAD | 1,34,315 | 95,268 | 70.9 % | 4,835 | 5.1% |
| 75 | Mukerian | 52 | GEN | Arunesh Kumar | BJP | 1,37,792 | 99,545 | 72.2 % | 19,492 | 19.6% |
| 76 | Muktsar | 105 | GEN | Harnirpal Singh | SAD | 1,35,073 | 93,237 | 69.0 % | 12,768 | 13.7% |
| 77 | Nabha | 77 | GEN | Narinder Singh | SAD | 1,40,317 | 1,10,055 | 78.4 % | 1,294 | 1.2% |
| 78 | Nakodar | 35 | GEN | Amarjit Singh Samra | INC | 1,24,878 | 89,874 | 72.0 % | 10,848 | 12.1% |
| 79 | Nangal | 65 | GEN | Madan Mohan Mittal | BJP | 1,14,113 | 75,259 | 66.0 % | 9,271 | 12.3% |
| 80 | Narot Mehra | 9 | SC | Ram Lal | BJP | 1,06,958 | 70,189 | 65.6 % | 21,252 | 30.3% |
| 81 | Nathana | 112 | SC | Balbir Singh | SAD | 1,27,392 | 87,831 | 68.9 % | 16,904 | 19.2% |
| 82 | Naushahra Panwan | 25 | GEN | Ranjit Singh | SAD | 1,03,296 | 68,702 | 66.5 % | 31,596 | 46.0% |
| 83 | Nawan Shahr | 38 | GEN | Charanjit Singh | IND | 1,41,268 | 1,04,391 | 73.9 % | 1,990 | 1.9% |
| 84 | Nihal Singh Wala | 101 | SC | Ajaib Singh | CPI | 1,14,967 | 85,487 | 74.4 % | 1,791 | 2.1% |
| 85 | Nur Mahal | 36 | GEN | Gurdip Singh | SAD | 1,22,281 | 92,836 | 75.9 % | 448 | 0.5% |
| 86 | Pakka Kalan | 110 | SC | Makhan Singh | SAD | 1,20,682 | 81,600 | 67.6 % | 11,029 | 13.5% |
| 87 | Panjgrain | 102 | SC | Gurdev Singh Badal | SAD | 1,21,481 | 89,299 | 73.5 % | 8,360 | 9.4% |
| 88 | Pathankot | 10 | GEN | Mohan Lal | BJP | 1,23,297 | 82,711 | 67.1 % | 14,716 | 17.8% |
| 89 | Patiala Town | 76 | GEN | Surjit Singh Kohli | SAD | 1,40,286 | 79,464 | 56.6 % | 12,664 | 15.9% |
| 90 | Patti | 26 | GEN | Adaish Partap Singh | SAD | 1,25,816 | 85,999 | 68.4 % | 47,487 | 55.2% |
| 91 | Payal | 61 | GEN | Sadhu Singh | SAD | 1,22,579 | 87,148 | 71.1 % | 7,274 | 8.3% |
| 92 | Phagwara | 43 | SC | Swarna Ram | BJP | 1,47,094 | 96,996 | 65.9 % | 26,623 | 27.4% |
| 93 | Phillaur | 39 | SC | Sarwan Singh | SAD | 1,22,565 | 88,955 | 72.6 % | 5,552 | 6.2% |
| 94 | Qadian | 3 | GEN | Natha Singh Dalam | SAD | 1,31,298 | 94,523 | 72.0 % | 5,663 | 6.0% |
| 95 | Qila Raipur | 56 | GEN | Parkash Singh Badal | SAD | 1,22,318 | 87,511 | 71.5 % | 11,032 | 12.6% |
| 96 | Raikot | 54 | GEN | Harmohinder Singh Pardhan | INC | 1,23,977 | 92,032 | 74.2 % | 4,052 | 4.4% |
| 97 | Raja Sansi | 21 | GEN | Vir Singh Lopoke | SAD | 1,12,257 | 85,695 | 76.3 % | 20,655 | 24.1% |
| 98 | Rajpura | 71 | GEN | Balram Ji Dass | BJP | 1,38,793 | 93,450 | 67.3 % | 1,091 | 1.2% |
| 99 | Rampura Phul | 113 | GEN | Sikandar Singh | SAD | 1,28,785 | 96,124 | 74.6 % | 9,484 | 9.9% |
| 100 | Samana | 75 | GEN | Jagtar Singh Rajla | SAD | 2,14,305 | 1,14,127 | 53.3 % | 40,296 | 35.3% |
| 101 | Samrala | 63 | GEN | Amrik Singh | INC | 1,10,568 | 83,098 | 75.2 % | 1,419 | 1.7% |
| 102 | Sangrur | 86 | GEN | Ranjit Singh | SAD | 1,36,696 | 1,01,111 | 74.0 % | 2,356 | 2.3% |
| 103 | Sardulgarh | 117 | GEN | Ajit Inder Singh | SAD(A) | 1,24,201 | 99,290 | 79.9 % | 3,117 | 3.1% |
| 104 | Sham Chaurasi | 48 | SC | Arjan Singh Josh | SAD | 1,17,504 | 74,559 | 63.5 % | 13,495 | 18.1% |
| 105 | Sherpur | 82 | SC | Gobind Singh | SAD | 1,16,748 | 90,325 | 77.4 % | 3,202 | 3.5% |
| 106 | Shutrana | 74 | SC | Gurdev Singh Sidhu | SAD | 1,41,832 | 96,590 | 68.1 % | 16,173 | 16.7% |
| 107 | Sirhind | 79 | GEN | Harbans Lal | INC | 1,33,703 | 97,246 | 72.7 % | 5,239 | 5.4% |
| 108 | Srihargobindpur | 4 | GEN | Balbir Singh | SAD | 1,06,090 | 71,137 | 67.1 % | 24,989 | 35.1% |
| 109 | Sujanpur | 11 | GEN | Satpal Saini | BJP | 1,19,889 | 85,810 | 71.6 % | 10,034 | 11.7% |
| 110 | Sultanpur | 42 | GEN | Upinderjit Kaur | SAD | 1,12,575 | 80,650 | 71.6 % | 21,926 | 27.2% |
| 111 | Sunam | 88 | GEN | Bhagwan Dass Arora | INC | 1,34,659 | 1,04,925 | 77.9 % | 2,506 | 2.4% |
| 112 | Talwandi Sabo | 109 | GEN | Harminder Singh Jassi | INC | 1,19,178 | 92,602 | 77.7 % | 3,193 | 3.4% |
| 113 | Tanda | 49 | GEN | Balvir Singh | SAD | 1,14,886 | 79,405 | 69.1 % | 20,386 | 25.7% |
| 114 | Tarn Taran | 23 | GEN | Prem Singh Lalpur | SAD | 1,20,879 | 77,100 | 63.8 % | 25,219 | 32.7% |
| 115 | Valtoha | 27 | GEN | Jagir Singh | SAD | 1,08,827 | 80,618 | 74.1 % | 1,154 | 1.4% |
| 116 | Verka | 14 | SC | Ujagar Singh | SAD | 1,65,207 | 93,809 | 56.8 % | 31,445 | 33.5% |
| 117 | Zira | 97 | GEN | Inderjit Singh | SAD | 1,33,104 | 1,02,031 | 76.7 % | 19,598 | 19.2% |

## Government formation

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

## Bye elections 1997-2002

| # | AC name | No | Type | State | Winning candidate | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Reason |
| 1 | Ludhiana North | 57 | GEN | Punjab | Rakesh Pandey | INC | 1,39,156 | 51,187 | NA | NA |
| 2 | Majitha | 13 | GEN | Punjab | Raj Mohinder Singh | SAD | 1,23,829 | 87,764 | 70.9 % | Death of Shri Sardar Parkash Singh Majitha |
| 3 | Raipur | 56 | GEN | Punjab | Jagdish Singh Garcha | SAD | 1,22,399 | 90,129 | 73.6 % | NA |
| 4 | Shamchurasi | 48 | SC | Punjab | Mohinder Kaur | SAD | 1,18,915 | 63,639 | 53.5 % | NA |
| 5 | Sunam | 88 | GEN | Punjab | Parminder Singh | SAD | 1,39,301 | 97,497 | 70 % | NA |