Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 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. Voter Statistics Voter Turnout Voter Turnout and total electors list Results By alliance By party |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes |- | |align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal||92||75||38,73,099||37.64% |- | |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||22||17||8,57,219||8.33% |- | |align="left"|Indian National Congress||105||14||27,36,346||26.38% |- | |align="left"|Communist Party of India||15||2||3,07,023||2.86% |- | |align="left"|Bahujan Samaj Party||67||1||7,69,675||6.37% |- | |align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (M)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10% |- | |align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87% |- | |align="left"|Total||693||117|| 1,02,89,814|| |- |} Results by constituencies 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 See also 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election References 3. https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/info?eid=133&stateac=7 1997 State Assembly elections in India 1997 1997