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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 Punjab
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Political Party
No. of Candidates
Seats won
Number of 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 (M) 30
1
3,19,111
3.10%
Independents 244
6
11,18,348
10.87%
Total [ 1] 693 117 1,02,89,814
Legislative Assembly By-elections Jammu and Kashmir
Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[ 2]
Assembly Constituency
Turnout
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
#k
Names
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
1
Doda 66.08%
Khalid Najeeb
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 23,564
74.36%
Ajay Kumar
BJP 7,789
24.58%
15,775
Rajya Sabha President
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)
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]
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