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

North America

• 1996–97 Belizean municipal elections

Oceania

• 1997 Papua New Guinean general 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

See also