| 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: | File:Krishan Kant 2005 stamp of India (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Krishan Kant |
| Party1: | Janata Dal |
| Alliance1: | United Front (India, 1996) |
| Home State1: | Punjab |
| Electoral Vote1: | 441 |
| Percentage1: | 61.76% |
| Nominee2: | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| Party2: | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| Home State2: | Punjab |
| Electoral Vote2: | 273 |
| Percentage2: | 38.24% |
| Vice President | |
| Before Election: | Vacant, last held by K. R. Narayanan |
| Before Party: | 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 tenth vice president of India.[1] At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, K. R. Narayanan, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.
|- 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
|-| |align="left"|Krishan Kant||align="left"|Janata Dal||441||61.76|-| |align="left"|Surjit Singh Barnala||align="left"|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;"||-|}