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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.

Akali dal broke its alliance with BSP with whom they fought Lok sabha elections of 1996 and allianced with BJP SAD 94 BJP 23

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

Voter turnout and total electors list

S.no.	Alliance	Seats	Votes %
Akali Dal Alliance	95	46.8	47.1
Congress Alliance	16	29.3	30
BSP Alliance	2	10.6	12.9


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%

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.

Elections in Punjab, India

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