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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1997 Indian presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1992 Indian presidential election
| previous_year = 1992
| next_election = 2002 Indian presidential election
| next_year = 2002
| election_date = 17 July 1997
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| nominee1 = '''[[K. R. Narayanan]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| home_state1 = [[Kerala]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''956,290'''
| percentage1 = '''95.0%'''
| states_carried1 = '''29+[[Delhi|NCT]]+[[Puducherry (city)|PY]]'''
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=T.N. Seshan in 1994 (cropped).jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| nominee2 = [[T. N. Seshan]]
| party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| home_state2 = [[Kerala]]
| electoral_vote2 = 50,631
| percentage2 = 5.0%
| states_carried2 = 0
| color2 = FFA500
| 1blank = Swing
| 1data1 = 29.1% {{increase}}
| 1data2 = ''New''
| title = President
| before_election = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| after_election = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| map_image = Indian presidential election, 1997.svg
| map_size = 300px
}}
The 11th [[President of India|presidential election of India]] was held on 17 July 1997. With 956,290 votes, [[K. R. Narayanan]] overcame his nearest rival [[T. N. Seshan]] who received 50,631 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=K R Narayanan is India's new President |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/17pres.htm |accessdate=29 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=18 July 1997}}</ref> Narayanan was the first [[Dalit]] to be elected President of India.

==Candidates==

=== [[United Front (India)|United Front]] + [[Indian National Congress|INC]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
![[United Front (India)|United Front]] + [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! For President
|-
|[[File:The official portrait of Shri Kocheril Raman Narayanan, 10th President of the Republic of India.png|center|220x220px]]
|-
![[Vice President of India|Vice President]] <br/>[[K. R. Narayan]]
[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

=== [[Independent politician|Independent]] (''backed by [[Shiv Sena]]'') ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|-
! [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! For President
|-
| [[File:T.N. Seshan in 1994.jpg|center|220x220px]]
|-
! [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Former Chief Election Commissioner of India]] <br/> [[T. N. Seshan]]
[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
![[States of India|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)
|-
|[[Member of Parliament (India)|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 (state)|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, India|Orissa]]
|147
|149
|132
|19,668
|0
|0
|9
|1,341
|-
|[[Punjab (India)|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
|-
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]]
|30
|16
|28
|448
|0
|0
|1
|16
|-
|'''TOTAL'''
|'''4,848'''
|'''3,232'''
|'''4,231'''
|'''956,290'''
|'''240'''
|'''50,631'''
|'''171'''
|'''22,656'''
|-
|align=left colspan=9|Source: Election Commission of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html |title=PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS – 1997 |work=[[Internet Archive]] |publisher=[[Indian Parliament]] |accessdate=23 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970804211707/http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html |archivedate=4 August 1997 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}
==See also==
* [[1997 Indian vice presidential election]]
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19970804211707/http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html Election Commission of India Official Site]

{{Indian presidential elections}}

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