1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

State assembly election in India

1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election

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All 117 seats to the Vidhan Sabha
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 68.73% (44.91pp)
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Leader  | Parkash Singh Badal | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Party  | SAD | INC
Alliance  | NDA | UPA
Leader since  | 1 March 1997  | 26 February 2002
Leader's seat  | Lambi and Qila Raipur | Lehra
Last election  | 3  | 87
Seats won  | 75 | 14
Seat change  |  72  |  73
Popular vote  | 4,730,318 | 2,736,346
Percentage  | 45.97% | 26.38%
Swing  |  40.7%  |  17.5%

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| Chief Minister before election

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
INC

| Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

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Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 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.

## Parties contested

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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  | #

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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

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Voter turnout and total electors list[2]

## Results

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### By alliance

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S.no.  | Alliance  | Seats  | Votes %  | Contested voteshare

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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

### By party

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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[3] | 693 | 117 | 1,02,89,814 |

### Results by constituencies

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S.no.  | AC name  | AC no.  | Type  | Winning candidate  | Party  | Total electors  | Total votes  | Poll %  | Margin  | Margin %

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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

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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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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

## See also

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Elections in Punjab, India

## References

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1. ^ a b "Statistical Report On General Election, 1997 To The Legislative Assembly Of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India
2. ^ "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
3. ^ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.