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
Germany
Spain
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
English local
North America
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
Mexico
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
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