List of elections in 1997

Template:SHORTDESC: The following elections occurred in the year 1997.

Africa

• 1997 Algerian legislative election
• 1997 Burkinabé parliamentary election
• 1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election
• 1997 Cameroonian presidential election
• 1997 Chadian parliamentary election
• 1997 Djiboutian parliamentary election
• 1997 Gambian parliamentary election
• 1997 Kenyan general election
• 1997 Liberian general election
• April 1997 Malian parliamentary election
• July 1997 Malian parliamentary election
• 1997 Malian presidential election
• 1997 Mauritanian presidential election
• 1997 Moroccan general election

Asia

• 1997 Balochistan provincial assembly election
• 1997 Indian presidential election
• 1997 Indonesian legislative election
• 1997 Iranian presidential election
• 1997 Pakistani general election
• 1997 Philippine barangay election
• 1997 Singaporean general election
• 1997 South Korean presidential election
• 1997 Indian presidential election
• 1997 Yemeni parliamentary election

Europe

• 1997 Albanian parliamentary election
• 1997 Andorran parliamentary election
• 1997 Bulgarian parliamentary election
• 1997 Croatian presidential election
• 1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election
• 1997 Irish general election
• 1997 Irish presidential election
• 1997–1998 Lithuanian presidential election
• 1997 Montenegrin presidential election
• 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election
• 1997 Polish parliamentary election
• 1997 Serbian general election
• 1997 Serbian presidential election
• 1997 Slovenian presidential election

France

• 1997 French legislative election

Germany

• 1997 Hamburg state election

Spain

• 1997 Galician regional election

United Kingdom

• 1997 Beckenham by-election
• Blair Babe
• 1997 Conservative Party leadership election
• Richard Huggett
• List of MPs elected in the 1997 United Kingdom general election
• 1997 United Kingdom local elections
• 1997 Paisley South by-election
• 1997 Scottish devolution referendum
• 1997 United Kingdom general election
• 1997 Uxbridge by-election
• 1997 Winchester by-election
• 1997 Wirral South by-election

United Kingdom local

• 1997 United Kingdom local elections
• 1997 Northern Ireland local elections

English local

• 1997 Wiltshire County Council election

North America

• 1996–97 Belizean municipal elections

Canada

• 1997 Alberta general election
• 1997 Canadian federal election
• 1997 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election

Ontario municipal

• 1997 Ontario municipal elections
• 1997 Brantford municipal election
• 1997 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
• 1997 Ottawa municipal election
• 1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections
• 1997 St. Catharines municipal election
• 1997 Sudbury municipal election
• 1997 Toronto municipal election
• 1997 Windsor municipal election

Caribbean

• 1997 Jamaican general election

Mexico

• 1997 Mexican legislative election

United States

United States mayoral

• 1997 Houston mayoral election
• 1997 Los Angeles mayoral election
• 1997 New York City mayoral election
• 1997 Pittsburgh mayoral election

United States gubernatorial

• 1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election
• 1997 United States gubernatorial elections
• 1997 Virginia gubernatorial election

Oceania

• 1997 Papua New Guinean general election

Australia

• 1997 Fraser by-election
• 1997 Northern Territory general election
• 1997 South Australian state election
• 1997 Sutherland state by-election

South America

• 1997 Argentine legislative election
• 1997 Bolivian presidential election
• 1997 Falkland Islands general election
• 1997 Guyanese legislative election
• 1997 Honduran general election
• 1997 Salvadoran legislative election