1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

State assembly election in India April 2018 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election India parliamentary 1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1992 yes 1997 02 07 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 2002 All 117 seats to the Vidhan Sabha 59 68.73% ( 44.91pp) Parkash Singh Badal1.png 110 110 125 0 0 Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal 1970 Lambi & Qila Raipur (vacated) 3 SAD + BJP 75 Boycotted last election 4,730,318 45.97% 40.7% Balram_Tandon_(cropped).jpg 110 110 125 0 0 Balram Das Tandon Bharatiya Janata Party 1995 Rajpura 8 SAD + BJP 18 10 857,219 8.33% 8.15% Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg 110 110 125 0 02 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Indian National Congress 1996 Lehra 87 INC + CPI 14 73 2,736,346 26.38% 17.5% Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Indian National Congress Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal No 1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly.https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1997/StatiscialReport-PU97.pdf Statistical Report On General Election, 1997 To The Legislative Assembly Of Punjab Election Commission of India 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 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 S.no.Title#1.Electors1,52,25,3952.Votes polled1,04,63,8683.Turnout68.7%4.Total ACs1175.General seats886.SC reserved constituencies29 Voter turnout Voter turnout and total electors listIndiaVotes India's largest election database https://www.indiavotes.com/ 2024-08-20 IndiaVotes Results By alliance S.no.AllianceSeatsVotes %Contested voteshare1.Akali Dal Alliance9546.847.12.Congress Alliance1629.3303.BSP Alliance210.612.9Total11386.790 By party Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 yes !colspan=10|File:India Punjab Legislative Assembly 1997.svg |- !colspan=2|Party !Candidates !Seats won !Votes !% of votes |- | Shiromani Akali Dal |align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal||92||75||38,73,099||37.64% |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||22||18||8,57,219||8.33% |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||105||14||27,36,346||26.38% |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||15||2||3,07,023||2.86% |- | Bahujan Samaj Party |align="left"|Bahujan Samaj Party||67||1||7,69,675||6.37% |- | Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) |align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)||30||1||3,19,111||3.10% |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||244||6||11,18,348||10.87% |- !colspan=2|TotalThe total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.!!693!!117!! 1,02,89,814!! |- |} Results by constituencies Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Fatehgarh Nirmal Singh Independent politician IND 43,195 52.66 Sukhjinder Singh Indian National Congress 37,659 45.915,5366.75 2 Batala Jagdish Sahni Bharatiya Janata Party 49,843 56.10 Ashwani Sekhri Indian National Congress 35,986 40.5013,85715.60 3 Qadian Natha Singh Dalam Shiromani Akali Dal 43,424 46.84 Tripat Rajinder Singh Indian National Congress 37,761 40.745,6636.10 4 Sri Hargobindpur Balbir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 40,934 58.28 Gurnam Singh Communist Party of India 15,945 22.7024,98935.58 5 Kahnuwan Sewa Singh Sekhwan Shiromani Akali Dal 42,674 53.25 Partap Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress 35,919 44.826,7558.43 6 Dhariwal Sucha Singh Langah Shiromani Akali Dal 39,549 47.14 Sucha Singh Chhotepur Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 35,070 41.804,4795.34 7 Gurdaspur Kartar Singh Pahra Shiromani Akali Dal 42,337 48.57 Khushhal Bahl Indian National Congress 25,230 28.9517,10719.62 8 Dina Nagar (SC) Roop Rani Bharatiya Janata Party 47,723 63.97 Krishan Kumar Indian National Congress 19,905 26.6827,81837.29 9 Narot Mehra (SC) Ram Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 35,384 51.17 Kishan Chand Indian National Congress 14,132 20.4421,25230.73 10 Pathankot Mohan Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 46,365 56.61 Raman Kumar Bhalla Indian National Congress 31,649 38.6414,71617.97 11 Sujanpur Satpal Saini Bharatiya Janata Party 36,775 43.55 Raghunath Sahai Puri Indian National Congress 26,741 31.6710,03411.88 12 Beas Manmohan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 43,588 48.39 Jasbir Singh Indian National Congress 41,761 46.371,8272.02 13 Majitha Parkash Singh Majitha Shiromani Akali Dal 34,026 39.29 Sawinder Singh Independent politician IND 31,195 36.022,8313.27 14 Verka (SC) Ujagar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 52,554 57.05 Gurmej Singh Indian National Congress 21,109 22.9131,44534.14 15 Jandiala (SC) Ajaypal Singh Mirankot Shiromani Akali Dal 51,377 56.46 Sardool Singh Indian National Congress 31,617 34.7419,76021.72 16 Amritsar North Baldev Raj Chawla Bharatiya Janata Party 35,661 60.10 Faqir Chand Sharma Indian National Congress 18,929 31.9016,73228.20 17 Amritsar West Om Parkash Soni Independent politician IND 42,305 40.10 Om Parkash Kalia Bharatiya Janata Party 28,634 27.1413,67112.96 18 Amritsar Central Laxmi Kanta Chawla Bharatiya Janata Party 27,070 53.88 Darbari Lal Indian National Congress 12,487 24.8514,58329.03 19 Amritsar South Manjit Singh Calcutta Shiromani Akali Dal 31,060 40.62 Harjinder Singh Thekedar Indian National Congress 16,565 21.6614,49518.96 20 Ajnala Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 50,705 50.49 Rajbir Singh Indian National Congress 48,994 48.791,7111.70 21 Raja Sansi Vir Singh Lopoke Shiromani Akali Dal 52,182 62.34 Sukhbinder Sarkaria Indian National Congress 31,527 37.6620,65524.68 22 Attari (SC) Gulzar Ranike Shiromani Akali Dal 52,134 75.58 Sardul Singh Communist Party of India 10,956 15.8841,17859.70 23 Tarn Taran Prem Singh Lalpur Shiromani Akali Dal 45,121 59.50 Dalbagh Singh Daleke Indian National Congress 19,902 26.2525,21933.25 24 Khadoor Sahib (SC) Ranjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 45,292 61.95 Lakha Singh Indian National Congress 12,002 16.4233,29045.53 25 Naushahra Panwan Ranjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 48,339 71.52 Jagir Singh Indian National Congress 16,743 24.7731,59646.75 26 Patti Adesh Partap Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 60,721 71.46 Sukhwinder Singh Indian National Congress 13,234 15.5747,48755.89 27 Valtoha Jagir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 37,733 47.67 Gurchet Singh Indian National Congress 36,579 46.211,1541.46 28 Adampur Saroop Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 40,578 48.76 Kanwaljit Singh Lally Indian National Congress 24,274 29.1716,30419.59 29 Jalandhar Cantt. Tej Parkash Singh Indian National Congress 32,426 42.63 Surjit Singh Minhas Shiromani Akali Dal 28,766 37.823,6604.81 30 Jalandhar North Avtar Henry Indian National Congress 33,893 45.91 Naval Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party 31,723 42.972,1702.94 31 Jalandhar Central Manoranjan Kalia Bharatiya Janata Party 43,041 60.59 Jai Kishan Saini Indian National Congress 23,671 33.3219,37027.27 32 Jalandhar South (SC) Chuni Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 32,708 38.51 Mohinder Singh Kaypee Indian National Congress 26,574 31.296,1347.22 33 Kartarpur (SC) Jagjit Singh Indian National Congress 29,596 35.85 Ram Lal Jassi Independent politician IND 29,320 35.522760.33 34 Lohian Ajit Singh Kohar Shiromani Akali Dal 59,341 60.16 Darshan Singh Indian National Congress 32,181 32.6227,16027.54 35 Nakodar Amarjit Singh Samra Indian National Congress 33,729 37.92 Gurbachan Singh Dhiman Bahujan Samaj Party 22,881 25.7210,84812.20 36 Nur Mahal Gurdip Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 27,600 30.14 Gurwinder Singh Independent politician IND 27,152 29.654480.49 37 Banga (SC) Mohan Lal Shiromani Akali Dal 27,757 34.74 Satnam Singh Kainth Bahujan Samaj Party 27,148 33.986090.76 38 Nawan Shahr Charanjit Singh Independent politician IND 35,933 34.84 Jatinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 33,943 32.911,9901.93 39 Phillaur (SC) Sarwan Singh Phillaur Shiromani Akali Dal 31,045 35.49 Santokh Chaudhary Indian National Congress 25,493 29.155,5526.34 40 Bholath Jagir Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 53,168 66.92 Sukhpal Khaira Indian National Congress 25,141 31.6428,02735.28 41 Kapurthala Raghbir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 32,405 46.52 Gulzar Singh Indian National Congress 20,150 28.9312,25517.59 42 Sultanpur Upinderjit Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 47,455 59.81 Rajanbir Singh Indian National Congress 25,529 32.1721,92627.64 43 Phagwara (SC) Swarna Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 50,176 52.67 Joginder Singh Mann Indian National Congress 23,553 24.7226,62327.95 44 Balachaur Nand Lal Shiromani Akali Dal 42,403 52.98 Hargopal Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 21,881 27.3420,52225.64 45 Garhshankar Shingara Ram Sahungra Bahujan Samaj Party 21,291 27.79 Avinash Bharatiya Janata Party 20,490 26.758011.04 46 Mahilpur (SC) Sohan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 29,400 44.53 Avtar Singh Karimpuri Bahujan Samaj Party 20,667 31.308,73313.23 47 Hoshiarpur Tikshan Sud Bharatiya Janata Party 39,444 49.37 Mohinder Pal Bahujan Samaj Party 17,329 21.6922,11527.68 48 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Arjan Singh Josh Shiromani Akali Dal 32,738 44.52 Gurpal Chand Bahujan Samaj Party 19,243 26.1713,49518.35 49 Tanda Balvir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 41,745 53.29 Surjit Kaur Indian National Congress 21,359 27.2720,38626.02 50 Garhdiwala (SC) Sohan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 36,826 51.25 Dharampal Sabharwal Indian National Congress 18,310 25.4818,51625.77 51 Dasuya Romesh Chander Indian National Congress 31,754 39.25 Mahant Ram Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party 31,701 39.19530.06 52 Mukerian Arunesh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 53,594 54.41 Kewal Krishan Indian National Congress 34,102 34.6219,49219.79 53 Jagraon Bhag Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 46,034 48.40 Darshan Singh Indian National Congress 27,080 28.4718,95419.93 54 Raikot Harmohinder Pardhan Indian National Congress 38,297 42.66 Ranjit Singh Talwandi Shiromani Akali Dal 34,245 38.144,0524.52 55 Dakha (SC) Bikramjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 64,605 51.93 Malkit Singh Dakha Indian National Congress 49,495 39.7815,11012.15 56 Qila Raipur Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal 38,532 44.74 Tarsem Jodhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 27,500 31.9311,03212.81 57 Ludhiana North Rakesh Kumar Indian National Congress 33,614 52.57 Krishan Lal Independent politician IND 12,752 19.9420,86232.63 58 Ludhiana West Maheshinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 41,725 55.17 Harnam Das Johar Indian National Congress 28,832 38.1212,89317.05 59 Ludhiana East Sat Pal Gosain Bharatiya Janata Party 36,338 58.87 Om Parkash Gupta Indian National Congress 20,027 32.4416,31126.43 60 Ludhiana Rural Hira Singh Gabbaria Shiromani Akali Dal 93,924 58.15 Jagdev Singh Independent politician IND 32,897 20.3761,02737.78 61 Payal Sadhu Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 42,459 49.41 Kartar Singh Communist Party of India 35,185 40.947,2748.47 62 Kum Kalan (SC) Charanjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 45,616 50.25 Ishar Singh Indian National Congress 32,193 35.4613,42314.79 63 Samrala Amrik Singh Indian National Congress 37,078 45.94 Kirpal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 35,659 44.181,4191.76 64 Khanna (SC) Bachan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 45,089 51.97 Shamsher Singh Indian National Congress 32,340 37.2712,74914.70 65 Nangal Madan Mohan Mittal Bharatiya Janata Party 29,867 40.29 Mohinder Paul Communist Party of India (Marxist) 20,596 27.799,27112.50 66 Anandpur Sahib-Ropar Tara Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 37,878 47.19 Ramesh Dutt Sharma Indian National Congress 31,834 39.666,0447.53 67 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Satwant Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 40,349 57.97 Bhag Singh Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 14,205 20.4126,14437.56 68 Morinda Ravi Inder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 37,986 41.41 Jagmohan Singh Indian National Congress 33,151 36.144,8355.27 69 Kharar Daljeet Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 56,399 57.48 Mann Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 21,643 22.0634,75635.42 70 Banur Kanwaljit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 44,972 49.46 Mohinder Singh Gill Indian National Congress 22,374 24.6122,59824.85 71 Rajpura Balram Ji Dass Bharatiya Janata Party 38,543 42.00 Raj Khurana Indian National Congress 37,452 40.821,0911.18 72 Ghanaur Ajaib Singh Mukhmail Pura Shiromani Akali Dal 42,150 48.13 Jasjit Singh Randhawa Indian National Congress 34,326 39.197,8248.94 73 Dakala Harmail Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 41,062 39.62 Lal Singh Indian National Congress 31,159 30.069,9039.56 74 Shutrana (SC) Gurdev Singh Sidhu Shiromani Akali Dal 45,592 48.13 Ram Chand Communist Party of India 29,419 31.0516,17317.08 75 Samana Jagtar Singh Rajla Shiromani Akali Dal 65,154 57.94 Brij Lal Indian National Congress 24,858 22.1040,29635.84 76 Patiala Town Surjit Singh Kohli Shiromani Akali Dal 41,430 52.81 Brahm Mohindra Indian National Congress 28,766 36.6612,66416.15 77 Nabha Narinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 37,459 35.11 Randeep Singh Independent politician IND 36,165 33.901,2941.21 78 Amloh (SC) Balwant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 44,204 44.53 Sadhu Singh Indian National Congress 31,472 31.7012,73212.83 79 Sirhind Harbans Lal Indian National Congress 29,983 31.71 Kirpal Singh Libra Shiromani Akali Dal 24,744 26.175,2395.54 80 Dhuri Dhanwant Singh Independent politician IND 28,988 31.26 Surinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 25,297 27.283,6913.98 81 Malerkotla Nusrat Ali Khan Shiromani Akali Dal 44,305 41.61 Ajit Singh Independent politician IND 25,285 23.7519,02017.86 82 Sherpur (SC) Gobind Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 31,149 34.95 Raj Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 27,947 31.363,2023.59 83 Barnala Malkiat Singh Independent politician IND 41,819 42.62 Rajinder Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 18,105 18.4523,71424.17 84 Bhadaur (SC) Balbir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 33,207 39.53 Mohinder Pal Singh Indian National Congress 21,680 25.8111,52713.72 85 Dhanaula Gobind Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 33,748 36.89 Manjit Singh Indian National Congress 30,666 33.523,0823.37 86 Sangrur Ranjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 43,971 44.13 Surinder Pal Singh Indian National Congress 41,615 41.762,3562.37 87 Dirbha Gurcharan Singh Indian National Congress 36,549 38.95 Baldev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 30,186 32.176,3636.78 88 Sunam Bhagwan Dass Arora Indian National Congress 42,413 41.06 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Shiromani Akali Dal 39,907 38.642,5062.42 89 Lehra Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Indian National Congress 51,769 53.62 Garja Singh Khandebad Shiromani Akali Dal 41,039 42.5110,73011.11 90 Balluana (SC) Gurtej Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 44,835 55.18 Babu Ram Indian National Congress 22,804 28.0622,03127.12 91 Abohar Ram Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 55,329 56.01 Sajjan Kumar Indian National Congress 39,767 40.2615,56215.75 92 Fazilka Surjit Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 41,790 45.48 Mohinder Kumar Independent politician IND 29,669 32.2912,12113.19 93 Jalalabad Sher Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 42,844 37.16 Hans Raj Independent politician IND 39,447 34.213,3972.95 94 Guru Har Sahai Paramjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 31,704 29.13 Sajwar Singh Indian National Congress 23,096 21.228,6087.91 95 Firozepur Girdhara Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 45,020 53.39 Mukhtiar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 21,151 25.0823,86928.31 96 Firozepur Cantt. Janmeja Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 38,281 44.10 Ravinder Singh Indian National Congress 36,551 42.111,7301.99 97 Zira Inderjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 59,635 59.42 Naresh Kumar Indian National Congress 40,037 39.8919,59819.53 98 Dharamkot (SC) Sital Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 57,400 64.79 Kewal Singh Indian National Congress 30,758 34.7226,64230.07 99 Moga Tota Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 41,616 47.42 Sathi Vijay Kumar Janata Dal 20,217 23.0421,39924.38 100 Bagha Purana Sadhu Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 45,869 48.43 Maheshinder Singh Indian National Congress 41,496 43.814,3734.62 101 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) Ajaib Singh Communist Party of India 39,842 47.29 Zora Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 38,051 45.161,7912.13 102 Panjgrain (SC) Gurdev Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal 44,265 50.19 Gurcharan Singh Indian National Congress 35,905 40.718,3609.48 103 Kot Kapura Mantar Singh Independent politician IND 50,562 48.56 Mohinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 34,933 33.5515,62915.01 104 Faridkot Avtar Singh Indian National Congress 55,857 50.99 Jagdish Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 52,334 47.773,5233.22 105 Muktsar Harnirpal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 52,166 56.66 Avtar Singh Independent politician IND 39,398 42.7912,76813.87 106 Giddar Baha Manpreet Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal 51,086 53.02 Malkit Singh Indian National Congress 33,938 35.2217,14817.80 107 Malout (SC) Sujan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 39,583 48.51 Nathu Ram Communist Party of India 22,617 27.7216,96620.79 108 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal 52,963 57.32 Gurnam Abulkhurana Indian National Congress 24,235 26.2328,72831.09 109 Talwandi Sabo Harminder Singh Jassi Indian National Congress 36,483 39.93 Jeet Mohinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 33,290 36.443,1933.49 110 Pakka Kalan (SC) Makhan Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 39,873 49.82 Rameshwer Dass Indian National Congress 28,844 36.0411,02913.78 111 Bathinda Chiranji Lal Garg Shiromani Akali Dal 55,736 50.84 Surinder Kapoor Indian National Congress 31,355 28.6024,38122.24 112 Nathana (SC) Balbir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 41,957 48.97 Gulzar Singh Indian National Congress 25,053 29.2416,90419.73 113 Rampura Phul Sikandar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 36,187 38.34 Harbans Singh Indian National Congress 26,703 28.299,48410.05 114 Joga Baldev Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 30,928 34.04 Sukhdev Singh Dhillon Independent politician IND 27,309 30.063,6193.98 115 Mansa Sukhvinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 36,013 38.27 Boota Singh Communist Party of India 34,227 36.371,7861.90 116 Budhlada Hardev Singh Communist Party of India 47,469 49.31 Harbant Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 41,020 42.626,4496.69 117 Sardulgarh Ajit Inder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 45,152 46.14 Balwinder Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 42,035 42.953,1173.19 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  #    AC nameNoTypeWinning candidatePartyElectorsVotesTurnoutReason1Ludhiana North57GENRakesh PandeyINC1,39,15651,187NANA2Majitha13GENRaj Mohinder SinghSAD1,23,82987,76470.9 %Death of Shri Sardar Parkash Singh Majitha3Raipur56GENJagdish Singh GarchaSAD1,22,39990,12973.6 %NA4Shamchurasi48SCMohinder KaurSAD1,18,91563,63953.5 %NA5Sunam88GENParminder SinghSAD1,39,30197,49770 %NA See also Elections in Punjab, India References p 1997 1997