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{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1997 Indian vice presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1992 Indian vice presidential election
| previous_year = 1992
| next_election = 2002 Indian vice presidential election
| next_year = 2002
| election_date = 16 August 1997
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Krishan Kant, 10th Vice President of India.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=05}}
| nominee1 = '''[[Krishan Kant]]'''
| party1 = Janata Dal
| alliance1 = United Front (India, 1996)
| home_state1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''441'''
| percentage1 = '''61.76%'''
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=H E Shri Surjit Singh Barnala.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=10}}
| nominee2 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
| party2 = Shiromani Akali Dal
| home_state2 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| electoral_vote2 = 273
| percentage2 = 38.24%
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]
| before_election = ''Vacant, last held by'' [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| before_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| after_election = [[Krishan Kant]]
| after_party = Janata Dal
}}

The '''1997 Indian vice presidential election''' was held on 16 August 1997 to elect the [[vice president of India]]. [[Krishan Kant]] defeated [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] to become [[List of Vice-Presidents of India|tenth]] vice president of India.<ref name=eci>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA]</ref> At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, [[K. R. Narayanan]], had already inaugurated as [[President of India|President]] following his victory in the [[1997 Indian presidential election|presidential election]].

==Candidates==
<gallery perrow="2">
File:Krishan Kant 2005 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|{{center|Former [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Governor of Tamil Nadu]] '''[[Krishan Kant]]'''}}
File:H E Shri Surjit Singh Barnala.jpg|{{center|Former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] '''[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]'''}}
</gallery>

==Results==
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1997<ref name= eci />|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|align="left"|[[Krishan Kant]]||align="left"|[[Janata Dal]]||441||61.76
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|align="left"|[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]||align="left"|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]||273||38.24
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total
! style="text-align:right;"|714
! style="text-align:right;"|100.00
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||714||93.95
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||46||6.05
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||760||96.20
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||30||3.80
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[1997 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Indian vice presidential elections}}

[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]
[[Category:1997 elections in India|India]]

1997 Indian vice presidential election - Revision history

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