Punjab assembly election, Feb 1997
117 assembly constituencies in Punjab, 67.58% turnout.
Seats
117
Candidates
693
52 women, 7 elected
Turnout
67.58%
1.03 cr of 1.52 cr
Leading party
SAD
75 of 117 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Punjab
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SADShiromani Akali Dal | 75 | +72 | 92 | 38,73,099 | 37.64% | +32.44 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 18 | +12 | 22 | 8,57,219 | 8.33% | -8.15 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 14 | -73 | 105 | 27,36,346 | 26.59% | -17.24 |
| INDIndependent | 6 | +2 | 244 | 11,18,348 | 10.87% | +1.63 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | -2 | 15 | 3,07,023 | 2.98% | -0.66 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 1 | -8 | 67 | 7,69,675 | 7.48% | -8.84 |
| SADMSADM | 1 | +1 | 30 | 3,19,111 | 3.10% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | -1 | 25 | 1,83,978 | 1.79% | -0.61 |
| JDJanata Dal | 0 | -1 | 27 | 57,283 | 0.56% | -1.60 |
| BSPABSPA | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24,373 | 0.24% | — |
| PJMPJM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10,016 | 0.10% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8,134 | 0.08% | — |
| AIRKCAIRKC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,433 | 0.04% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,490 | 0.03% | — |
| SJPRSJPR | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,528 | 0.02% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2,056 | 0.02% | -0.46 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,640 | 0.02% | — |
| MCPISMCPIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,607 | 0.02% | — |
| LVPLVP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,428 | 0.01% | — |
| BLLPBLLP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,270 | 0.01% | — |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,135 | 0.01% | — |
| ABSRABSR | 0 | 0 | 4 | 944 | 0.01% | — |
| ABRCDABRCD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 763 | 0.01% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 3 | 719 | 0.01% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 655 | 0.01% | — |
| INDPINDP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 651 | 0.01% | — |
| ABLRPABLRP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 568 | 0.01% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 537 | 0.01% | — |
| NCYNCY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 450 | 0.00% | — |
| BAMPBAMP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 335 | 0.00% | — |
- SAD75 (64%)
- BJP18 (15%)
- INC14 (12%)
- IND6 (5%)
- CPI2 (2%)
- BSP1 (1%)
- Others1 (1%)
- SAD75
- BJP18
- INC14
- IND6
- CPI2
- BSP1
- Others1
- SAD75
- BJP18
- INC14
- IND6
- CPI2
- BSP1
- SADM1
Constituency performance
From the 117 results in Punjab
Closest contest
DASUYA
won by 53 (0.07%)
Biggest victory
ATTARI
won by 41,178 (59.69%)
Highest turnout
DIRBHA
80.98%
Lowest turnout
LUDHIANA NORTH
48.46%
Seat change
Against Punjab's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1992), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained23 (20%)
- Changed hands94 (80%)
23 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 94 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Punjab, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- SAD
- BJP
- INC
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 117 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 117
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JULLUNDUR NORTH | INCAVTAR HENRY | BJPNAVAL KISHORE | 2,1702.94% | 61.8% |
| JULLUNDUR SOUTH | BJPCHUNI LAL | INCMOHINDER SINGH KAYPEE | 6,1347.22% | 64.7% |
| KAHNUWAN | SADSEWA SINGH SEKHWAN | INCPARTAP SINGH BAJWA | 6,7558.43% | 71.0% |
| KAPURTHALA | SADRAGHBIR SINGH | INCGULZAR SINGH | 12,25517.59% | 62.5% |
| KARTARPUR | INCJAGJIT SINGH | INDRAM LAL JASSI | 2760.33% | 68.6% |
| KHADOOR SAHIB | SADRANJIT SINGH | INCLAKHA SINGH | 33,29045.53% | 64.0% |
| KHANNA | SADBACHAN SINGH | INCSHAMSHER SINGH | 12,74914.69% | 66.5% |
| KHARAR | SADDALJEET KAUR | BSPMANN SINGH | 34,75635.42% | 52.5% |
| KOT KAPURA | INDMANTAR SINGH | SADMOHINDER SINGH | 15,62915.01% | 72.3% |
| KUM KALAN | SADCHARANJIT SINGH | INCISHAR SINGH | 13,42314.79% | 68.1% |
| LAMBI | SADPARKASH SINGH BADAL | INCGURNAM SINGH ABUL - KHURANA | 28,72831.09% | 74.8% |
| LEHRA | INCRAJINDER KAUR BHATTAL | SADGARJA SINGH KHANDEBAD | 10,73011.11% | 78.6% |
| LOHIAN | SADAJIT SINGH KOHAR | INCDARSHAN SINGH | 27,16027.53% | 73.1% |
| LUDHIANA EAST | BJPSAT PAL GOSAIN | INCOM PARKASH GUPTA | 16,31126.42% | 57.3% |
| LUDHIANA NORTH | INCRAKESH KUMAR | INDKRISHAN LAL | 20,86232.63% | 48.5% |
| LUDHIANA RURAL | SADHIRA SINGH GABBARIA | INDJAGDEV SINGH | 61,02737.78% | 53.1% |
| LUDHIANA WEST | SADMAHESHINDER SINGH | INCHARNAM DAS JOHAR | 12,89317.05% | 53.7% |
| MAHILPUR | SADSOHAN SINGH | BSPAVTAR SINGH KARIMPURI | 8,73313.23% | 65.6% |
| MAJITHA | SADPARKASH SINGH | INDSAWINDER SINGH | 2,8313.27% | 74.4% |
| MALERKOTLA | SADNUSRAT ALI KHAN | INDAJIT SINGH | 19,02017.86% | 74.4% |
| MALOUT | SADSUJAN SINGH | CPINATHU RAM | 16,96620.79% | 63.8% |
| MANSA | SADSUKHVINDER SINGH | CPIBOOTA SINGH | 1,7861.90% | 69.0% |
| MOGA | SADTOTA SINGH | JDSATHI VIJAY KUMAR | 21,39924.39% | 65.7% |
| MORINDA | SADRAVI INDER SINGH | INCJAGMOHAN SINGH | 4,8355.27% | 68.3% |
| MUKERIAN | BJPARUNESH KUMAR | INCKEWAL KRISHAN | 19,49219.79% | 71.5% |
| MUKTSAR | SADHARNIRPAL SINGH | INDAVTAR SINGH | 12,76813.87% | 68.2% |
| NABHA | SADNARINDER SINGH | INDRANDEEP SINGH | 1,2941.21% | 76.0% |
| NAKODAR | INCAMARJIT SINGH SAMRA | BSPGURBACHAN SINGH DHIMAN | 10,84812.20% | 71.2% |
| NANGAL | BJPMADAN MOHAN MITTAL | CPMMOHINDER PAUL | 9,27112.51% | 65.0% |
| NAROT MEHRA | BJPRAM LAL | INCKISHAN CHAND | 21,25230.73% | 64.7% |
| NATHANA | SADBALBIR SINGH | INCGULZAR SINGH | 16,90419.73% | 67.3% |
| NAUSHAHRA PANWAN | SADRANJIT SINGH | INCJAGIR SINGH | 31,59646.75% | 65.4% |
| NAWAN SHAHR | INDCHARANJIT SINGH | SADJATINDER SINGH | 1,9901.93% | 73.0% |
| NIHAL SINGH WALA | CPIAJAIB SINGH | SADZORA SINGH | 1,7912.13% | 73.3% |
| NUR MAHAL | SADGURDIP SINGH | INDGURWINDER SINGH | 4480.49% | 74.9% |
| PAKKA KALAN | SADMAKHAN SINGH | INCRAMESHWER DASS | 11,02913.78% | 66.3% |
| PANJGRAIN | SADGURDEV SINGH BADAL | INCGURCHARAN SINGH | 8,3609.48% | 72.6% |
| PATHANKOT | BJPMOHAN LAL | INCRAMAN | 14,71617.97% | 66.4% |
| PATIALA TOWN | SADSURJIT SINGH KOHLI | INCBRAHM MOHINDRA | 12,66416.14% | 55.9% |
| PATTI | SADADAISH PARTAP SINGH | INCSUKHWINDER SINGH | 47,48755.88% | 67.5% |
| PAYAL | SADSADHU SINGH | CPIKARTAR SINGH | 7,2748.46% | 70.1% |
| PHAGWARA | BJPSWARNA RAM | INCJOGINDER SINGH MANN | 26,62327.95% | 64.8% |
| PHILLAUR | SADSARWAN SINGH | INCSANTOKH SINGH | 5,5526.35% | 71.4% |
| QADIAN | SADNATHA SINGH DALAM | INCTRIPAT RAJINDER SINGH | 5,6636.11% | 70.6% |
| QILA RAIPUR | SADPARKASH SINGH BADAL | CPMTARSEM JODHAN | 11,03212.81% | 70.4% |
| RAIKOT | INCHARMOHINDER SINGH PARDHAN | SADRANJIT SINGH TALWANDI | 4,0524.51% | 72.4% |
| RAJA SANSI | SADVIR SINGH LOPOKE | INCSUKHBINDER SINGH SARKARIA | 20,65524.67% | 74.6% |
| RAJPURA | BJPBALRAM JI DASS | INCRAJ KHURANA | 1,0911.19% | 66.1% |
| RAMPURA PHUL | SADSIKANDAR SINGH | INCHARBANS SINGH | 9,48410.05% | 73.3% |
| SAMANA | SADJAGTAR SINGH RAJLA | INCBRIJ LAL | 40,29635.83% | 52.5% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Punjab alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Punjab assembly election, Feb 1997?
Shiromani Akali Dal won 75 of 117 seats in Punjab, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Punjab assembly election, Feb 1997?
Turnout was 67.58% — 1.03 cr of 1.52 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Punjab have?
Punjab has 117 assembly seats.
