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1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] 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.

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1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
← 1992
7 February 1997 (1997-02-07)
2002 →
All 117 seats to the Vidhan Sabha
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.73% (Increase 44.91pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Parkash Singh Badal Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Party SAD INC
Alliance SAD + BJP INC + CPI
Leader since 1996 1996
Leader's seat Lambi & Qila Raipur (vacated) Lehra
Last election 3 87
Seats won 75 14
Seat change Increase 72 Decrease 73
Popular vote 4,730,318 2,736,346
Percentage 45.97% 26.38%
Swing Increase 40.7% Decrease 17.5%
Chief Minister before election

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

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Parties contested

Shiromani 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

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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
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Voter turnout

Voter turnout and total electors list[2]

Results

By alliance

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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 113 86.7 90
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By party

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Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997[1]
Party Candidates Seats won Votes % of votes
Shiromani Akali Dal927538,73,09937.64%
Bharatiya Janata Party22188,57,2198.33%
Indian National Congress1051427,36,34626.38%
Communist Party of India1523,07,0232.86%
Bahujan Samaj Party6717,69,6756.37%
Shiromani Akali Dal (A)3013,19,1113.10%
Independents244611,18,34810.87%
Total[3]6931171,02,89,814
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Results by constituencies

More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Fatehgarh Nirmal Singh IND 43,195 52.66 Sukhjinder Singh INC 37,659 45.91 5,536 6.75
2 Batala Jagdish Sahni BJP 49,843 56.10 Ashwani Sekhri INC 35,986 40.50 13,857 15.60
3 Qadian Natha Singh Dalam SAD 43,424 46.84 Tripat Rajinder Singh INC 37,761 40.74 5,663 6.10
4 Sri Hargobindpur Balbir Singh SAD 40,934 58.28 Gurnam Singh CPI 15,945 22.70 24,989 35.58
5 Kahnuwan Sewa Singh Sekhwan SAD 42,674 53.25 Partap Singh Bajwa INC 35,919 44.82 6,755 8.43
6 Dhariwal Sucha Singh Langah SAD 39,549 47.14 Sucha Singh Chhotepur SAD(A) 35,070 41.80 4,479 5.34
7 Gurdaspur Kartar Singh Pahra SAD 42,337 48.57 Khushhal Bahl INC 25,230 28.95 17,107 19.62
8 Dina Nagar (SC) Roop Rani BJP 47,723 63.97 Krishan Kumar INC 19,905 26.68 27,818 37.29
9 Narot Mehra (SC) Ram Lal BJP 35,384 51.17 Kishan Chand INC 14,132 20.44 21,252 30.73
10 Pathankot Mohan Lal BJP 46,365 56.61 Raman Kumar Bhalla INC 31,649 38.64 14,716 17.97
11 Sujanpur Satpal Saini BJP 36,775 43.55 Raghunath Sahai Puri INC 26,741 31.67 10,034 11.88
12 Beas Manmohan Singh SAD 43,588 48.39 Jasbir Singh INC 41,761 46.37 1,827 2.02
13 Majitha Parkash Singh Majitha SAD 34,026 39.29 Sawinder Singh IND 31,195 36.02 2,831 3.27
14 Verka (SC) Ujagar Singh SAD 52,554 57.05 Gurmej Singh INC 21,109 22.91 31,445 34.14
15 Jandiala (SC) Ajaypal Singh Mirankot SAD 51,377 56.46 Sardool Singh INC 31,617 34.74 19,760 21.72
16 Amritsar North Baldev Raj Chawla BJP 35,661 60.10 Faqir Chand Sharma INC 18,929 31.90 16,732 28.20
17 Amritsar West Om Parkash Soni IND 42,305 40.10 Om Parkash Kalia BJP 28,634 27.14 13,671 12.96
18 Amritsar Central Laxmi Kanta Chawla BJP 27,070 53.88 Darbari Lal INC 12,487 24.85 14,583 29.03
19 Amritsar South Manjit Singh Calcutta SAD 31,060 40.62 Harjinder Singh Thekedar INC 16,565 21.66 14,495 18.96
20 Ajnala Rattan Singh Ajnala SAD 50,705 50.49 Rajbir Singh INC 48,994 48.79 1,711 1.70
21 Raja Sansi Vir Singh Lopoke SAD 52,182 62.34 Sukhbinder Sarkaria INC 31,527 37.66 20,655 24.68
22 Attari (SC) Gulzar Ranike SAD 52,134 75.58 Sardul Singh CPI 10,956 15.88 41,178 59.70
23 Tarn Taran Prem Singh Lalpur SAD 45,121 59.50 Dalbagh Singh Daleke INC 19,902 26.25 25,219 33.25
24 Khadoor Sahib (SC) Ranjit Singh SAD 45,292 61.95 Lakha Singh INC 12,002 16.42 33,290 45.53
25 Naushahra Panwan Ranjit Singh SAD 48,339 71.52 Jagir Singh INC 16,743 24.77 31,596 46.75
26 Patti Adesh Partap Singh SAD 60,721 71.46 Sukhwinder Singh INC 13,234 15.57 47,487 55.89
27 Valtoha Jagir Singh SAD 37,733 47.67 Gurchet Singh INC 36,579 46.21 1,154 1.46
28 Adampur Saroop Singh SAD 40,578 48.76 Kanwaljit Singh Lally INC 24,274 29.17 16,304 19.59
29 Jalandhar Cantt. Tej Parkash Singh INC 32,426 42.63 Surjit Singh Minhas SAD 28,766 37.82 3,660 4.81
30 Jalandhar North Avtar Henry INC 33,893 45.91 Naval Kishore BJP 31,723 42.97 2,170 2.94
31 Jalandhar Central Manoranjan Kalia BJP 43,041 60.59 Jai Kishan Saini INC 23,671 33.32 19,370 27.27
32 Jalandhar South (SC) Chuni Lal BJP 32,708 38.51 Mohinder Singh Kaypee INC 26,574 31.29 6,134 7.22
33 Kartarpur (SC) Jagjit Singh INC 29,596 35.85 Ram Lal Jassi IND 29,320 35.52 276 0.33
34 Lohian Ajit Singh Kohar SAD 59,341 60.16 Darshan Singh INC 32,181 32.62 27,160 27.54
35 Nakodar Amarjit Singh Samra INC 33,729 37.92 Gurbachan Singh Dhiman BSP 22,881 25.72 10,848 12.20
36 Nur Mahal Gurdip Singh SAD 27,600 30.14 Gurwinder Singh IND 27,152 29.65 448 0.49
37 Banga (SC) Mohan Lal SAD 27,757 34.74 Satnam Singh Kainth BSP 27,148 33.98 609 0.76
38 Nawan Shahr Charanjit Singh IND 35,933 34.84 Jatinder Singh SAD 33,943 32.91 1,990 1.93
39 Phillaur (SC) Sarwan Singh Phillaur SAD 31,045 35.49 Santokh Chaudhary INC 25,493 29.15 5,552 6.34
40 Bholath Jagir Kaur SAD 53,168 66.92 Sukhpal Khaira INC 25,141 31.64 28,027 35.28
41 Kapurthala Raghbir Singh SAD 32,405 46.52 Gulzar Singh INC 20,150 28.93 12,255 17.59
42 Sultanpur Upinderjit Kaur SAD 47,455 59.81 Rajanbir Singh INC 25,529 32.17 21,926 27.64
43 Phagwara (SC) Swarna Ram BJP 50,176 52.67 Joginder Singh Mann INC 23,553 24.72 26,623 27.95
44 Balachaur Nand Lal SAD 42,403 52.98 Hargopal Singh BSP 21,881 27.34 20,522 25.64
45 Garhshankar Shingara Ram Sahungra BSP 21,291 27.79 Avinash BJP 20,490 26.75 801 1.04
46 Mahilpur (SC) Sohan Singh SAD 29,400 44.53 Avtar Singh Karimpuri BSP 20,667 31.30 8,733 13.23
47 Hoshiarpur Tikshan Sud BJP 39,444 49.37 Mohinder Pal BSP 17,329 21.69 22,115 27.68
48 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Arjan Singh Josh SAD 32,738 44.52 Gurpal Chand BSP 19,243 26.17 13,495 18.35
49 Tanda Balvir Singh SAD 41,745 53.29 Surjit Kaur INC 21,359 27.27 20,386 26.02
50 Garhdiwala (SC) Sohan Singh SAD 36,826 51.25 Dharampal Sabharwal INC 18,310 25.48 18,516 25.77
51 Dasuya Romesh Chander INC 31,754 39.25 Mahant Ram Parkash BJP 31,701 39.19 53 0.06
52 Mukerian Arunesh Kumar BJP 53,594 54.41 Kewal Krishan INC 34,102 34.62 19,492 19.79
53 Jagraon Bhag Singh SAD 46,034 48.40 Darshan Singh INC 27,080 28.47 18,954 19.93
54 Raikot Harmohinder Pardhan INC 38,297 42.66 Ranjit Singh Talwandi SAD 34,245 38.14 4,052 4.52
55 Dakha (SC) Bikramjit Singh SAD 64,605 51.93 Malkit Singh Dakha INC 49,495 39.78 15,110 12.15
56 Qila Raipur Parkash Singh Badal SAD 38,532 44.74 Tarsem Jodhan CPI(M) 27,500 31.93 11,032 12.81
57 Ludhiana North Rakesh Kumar INC 33,614 52.57 Krishan Lal IND 12,752 19.94 20,862 32.63
58 Ludhiana West Maheshinder Singh SAD 41,725 55.17 Harnam Das Johar INC 28,832 38.12 12,893 17.05
59 Ludhiana East Sat Pal Gosain BJP 36,338 58.87 Om Parkash Gupta INC 20,027 32.44 16,311 26.43
60 Ludhiana Rural Hira Singh Gabbaria SAD 93,924 58.15 Jagdev Singh IND 32,897 20.37 61,027 37.78
61 Payal Sadhu Singh SAD 42,459 49.41 Kartar Singh CPI 35,185 40.94 7,274 8.47
62 Kum Kalan (SC) Charanjit Singh SAD 45,616 50.25 Ishar Singh INC 32,193 35.46 13,423 14.79
63 Samrala Amrik Singh INC 37,078 45.94 Kirpal Singh SAD 35,659 44.18 1,419 1.76
64 Khanna (SC) Bachan Singh SAD 45,089 51.97 Shamsher Singh INC 32,340 37.27 12,749 14.70
65 Nangal Madan Mohan Mittal BJP 29,867 40.29 Mohinder Paul CPI(M) 20,596 27.79 9,271 12.50
66 Anandpur Sahib-Ropar Tara Singh SAD 37,878 47.19 Ramesh Dutt Sharma INC 31,834 39.66 6,044 7.53
67 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Satwant Kaur SAD 40,349 57.97 Bhag Singh SAD(A) 14,205 20.41 26,144 37.56
68 Morinda Ravi Inder Singh SAD 37,986 41.41 Jagmohan Singh INC 33,151 36.14 4,835 5.27
69 Kharar Daljeet Kaur SAD 56,399 57.48 Mann Singh BSP 21,643 22.06 34,756 35.42
70 Banur Kanwaljit Singh SAD 44,972 49.46 Mohinder Singh Gill INC 22,374 24.61 22,598 24.85
71 Rajpura Balram Ji Dass BJP 38,543 42.00 Raj Khurana INC 37,452 40.82 1,091 1.18
72 Ghanaur Ajaib Singh Mukhmail Pura SAD 42,150 48.13 Jasjit Singh Randhawa INC 34,326 39.19 7,824 8.94
73 Dakala Harmail Singh SAD 41,062 39.62 Lal Singh INC 31,159 30.06 9,903 9.56
74 Shutrana (SC) Gurdev Singh Sidhu SAD 45,592 48.13 Ram Chand CPI 29,419 31.05 16,173 17.08
75 Samana Jagtar Singh Rajla SAD 65,154 57.94 Brij Lal INC 24,858 22.10 40,296 35.84
76 Patiala Town Surjit Singh Kohli SAD 41,430 52.81 Brahm Mohindra INC 28,766 36.66 12,664 16.15
77 Nabha Narinder Singh SAD 37,459 35.11 Randeep Singh IND 36,165 33.90 1,294 1.21
78 Amloh (SC) Balwant Singh SAD 44,204 44.53 Sadhu Singh INC 31,472 31.70 12,732 12.83
79 Sirhind Harbans Lal INC 29,983 31.71 Kirpal Singh Libra SAD 24,744 26.17 5,239 5.54
80 Dhuri Dhanwant Singh IND 28,988 31.26 Surinder Singh SAD 25,297 27.28 3,691 3.98
81 Malerkotla Nusrat Ali Khan SAD 44,305 41.61 Ajit Singh IND 25,285 23.75 19,020 17.86
82 Sherpur (SC) Gobind Singh SAD 31,149 34.95 Raj Singh BSP 27,947 31.36 3,202 3.59
83 Barnala Malkiat Singh IND 41,819 42.62 Rajinder Kaur SAD 18,105 18.45 23,714 24.17
84 Bhadaur (SC) Balbir Singh SAD 33,207 39.53 Mohinder Pal Singh INC 21,680 25.81 11,527 13.72
85 Dhanaula Gobind Singh SAD 33,748 36.89 Manjit Singh INC 30,666 33.52 3,082 3.37
86 Sangrur Ranjit Singh SAD 43,971 44.13 Surinder Pal Singh INC 41,615 41.76 2,356 2.37
87 Dirbha Gurcharan Singh INC 36,549 38.95 Baldev Singh SAD 30,186 32.17 6,363 6.78
88 Sunam Bhagwan Dass Arora INC 42,413 41.06 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD 39,907 38.64 2,506 2.42
89 Lehra Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC 51,769 53.62 Garja Singh Khandebad SAD 41,039 42.51 10,730 11.11
90 Balluana (SC) Gurtej Singh SAD 44,835 55.18 Babu Ram INC 22,804 28.06 22,031 27.12
91 Abohar Ram Kumar BJP 55,329 56.01 Sajjan Kumar INC 39,767 40.26 15,562 15.75
92 Fazilka Surjit Kumar BJP 41,790 45.48 Mohinder Kumar IND 29,669 32.29 12,121 13.19
93 Jalalabad Sher Singh SAD 42,844 37.16 Hans Raj IND 39,447 34.21 3,397 2.95
94 Guru Har Sahai Paramjit Singh SAD 31,704 29.13 Sajwar Singh INC 23,096 21.22 8,608 7.91
95 Firozepur Girdhara Singh BJP 45,020 53.39 Mukhtiar Singh BSP 21,151 25.08 23,869 28.31
96 Firozepur Cantt. Janmeja Singh SAD 38,281 44.10 Ravinder Singh INC 36,551 42.11 1,730 1.99
97 Zira Inderjit Singh SAD 59,635 59.42 Naresh Kumar INC 40,037 39.89 19,598 19.53
98 Dharamkot (SC) Sital Singh SAD 57,400 64.79 Kewal Singh INC 30,758 34.72 26,642 30.07
99 Moga Tota Singh SAD 41,616 47.42 Sathi Vijay Kumar JD 20,217 23.04 21,399 24.38
100 Bagha Purana Sadhu Singh SAD 45,869 48.43 Maheshinder Singh INC 41,496 43.81 4,373 4.62
101 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) Ajaib Singh CPI 39,842 47.29 Zora Singh SAD 38,051 45.16 1,791 2.13
102 Panjgrain (SC) Gurdev Singh Badal SAD 44,265 50.19 Gurcharan Singh INC 35,905 40.71 8,360 9.48
103 Kot Kapura Mantar Singh IND 50,562 48.56 Mohinder Singh SAD 34,933 33.55 15,629 15.01
104 Faridkot Avtar Singh INC 55,857 50.99 Jagdish Kaur SAD 52,334 47.77 3,523 3.22
105 Muktsar Harnirpal Singh SAD 52,166 56.66 Avtar Singh IND 39,398 42.79 12,768 13.87
106 Giddar Baha Manpreet Singh Badal SAD 51,086 53.02 Malkit Singh INC 33,938 35.22 17,148 17.80
107 Malout (SC) Sujan Singh SAD 39,583 48.51 Nathu Ram CPI 22,617 27.72 16,966 20.79
108 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD 52,963 57.32 Gurnam Abulkhurana INC 24,235 26.23 28,728 31.09
109 Talwandi Sabo Harminder Singh Jassi INC 36,483 39.93 Jeet Mohinder Singh SAD 33,290 36.44 3,193 3.49
110 Pakka Kalan (SC) Makhan Singh SAD 39,873 49.82 Rameshwer Dass INC 28,844 36.04 11,029 13.78
111 Bathinda Chiranji Lal Garg SAD 55,736 50.84 Surinder Kapoor INC 31,355 28.60 24,381 22.24
112 Nathana (SC) Balbir Singh SAD 41,957 48.97 Gulzar Singh INC 25,053 29.24 16,904 19.73
113 Rampura Phul Sikandar Singh SAD 36,187 38.34 Harbans Singh INC 26,703 28.29 9,484 10.05
114 Joga Baldev Singh SAD 30,928 34.04 Sukhdev Singh Dhillon IND 27,309 30.06 3,619 3.98
115 Mansa Sukhvinder Singh SAD 36,013 38.27 Boota Singh CPI 34,227 36.37 1,786 1.90
116 Budhlada Hardev Singh CPI 47,469 49.31 Harbant Singh SAD 41,020 42.62 6,449 6.69
117 Sardulgarh Ajit Inder Singh SAD(A) 45,152 46.14 Balwinder Singh SAD 42,035 42.95 3,117 3.19
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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

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