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

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### Punjab

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Main article: 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997[1] | Political Party
| No. of Candidates
| Seats won
| Number of Votes
| % of Votes

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| 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[2] | 693 | 117 |  1,02,89,814 |

## Rajya Sabha

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Main article: 1997 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

## President

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Main article: 1997 Indian presidential election

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)

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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.[3]

## Vice president

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Main article: 1997 Indian vice presidential election

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1997[4] | Candidate
| Party
| Electoral Votes
| % of Votes

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| Krishan Kant | Janata Dal | 441 | 61.76
| Surjit Singh Barnala | SAD | 273 | 38.24
Total  | 714  | 100.00
Valid Votes | 714 | 93.95
Invalid Votes | 46 | 6.05
Turnout | 760 | 96.20
Abstentions | 30 | 3.80
Electors | 790 |

## References

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1. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India
2. ^ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.
3. ^ "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS – 1997". Internet Archive. Indian Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 August 1997. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
4. ^ "BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

## External links

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* "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.

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