General elections were held in Oman on 16 October 1997.[1]
The 82 members of the Consultative Assembly were selected in a two-stage process. Elections were held in 60 constituencies (based on the wilayahs); in 38 constituencies two members were elected, of which Sultan Qaboos chose one to sit in the Assembly, whilst in the remaining 22 constituencies four members were elected, of which the Sultan chose two.
Only around 51,000 people were eligible to vote,[2] with voters chosen by tribal leaders.[3]
A total of 736 candidates contested the elections.[1]
The two incumbent female MPs (Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari in Muscat and Taiba al-Mawali in Seeb) were both re-elected.[1]
| Wilayah | Member | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Nasser bin Ali bin Ahmed al-Mahrooqi | ||
| Al Amarat | Mohammed bin Hamoud bin Mohammed al-Wahaibi | Re-elected | |
| Amer bin Said bin Barakat al-Hadi | |||
| Al Awabi | Mahmud bin Muhanna bin Khalfan al-Kharusi | ||
| Al Buraimi | Ahmed bin Rashid bin Homed al-Shamsi | Re-elected | |
| Rashid bin Sultan bin Ali al-Ghaithi | |||
| Al Hamra | Salim bin Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Abri | Re-elected | |
| Al-Jabal al-Aswat | Salim bin Ahmed bin Sabah Na'awm al-Kathiri | Re-elected | |
| Al Jazir | Ghareeb bin Sa'ad bin Musallam al-Junaidi | Re-elected | |
| Al Kamil walWafi | Khamis bin Halis bin Khadim al-Hashmi | Re-elected | |
| Al-Mudhaibi | Hilal bin Ali bin Soud al-Habsi | Re-elected | |
| Said bin Soud bin Mohammed al-Ghufali | |||
| Al Qabil | Ali bin Ahmed bin Abdallah al-Harthi | ||
| Al-Rustaq | Khalil bin Saif bin Nasser al-Ghafri | Re-elected | |
| Saif bin Mohammed bin Saif al-Lamki | |||
| Bahla | Mohammed bin Abdallah bin Said al-Adwi | Re-elected | |
| Ibrahim bin Soud bin Badr al-Hinai | |||
| Barka | Mohammed bin Khalfan bin Mohammed al-Rishedi | ||
| Salim bin Hamel bin Khuwaidam al-Mashaifri | Re-elected | ||
| Bawshar | Nasser bin Mansoor bin Saif al-Salti | Re-elected | |
| Mubarak bin Masoud bin Suleiman al-Shibli | |||
| Bidbid | Abdallah bin Mohammed bin Ghuneim al-Rahbi | ||
| Bidiya | Amer bin Mohammed bin Shamis al-Hajri | Re-elected | |
| Bukha | Ahmed bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Malik al-Shuhi | Re-elected | |
| Dhalkout | Badr bin Ahmed bin Ali Ba'awain | ||
| Dhank | Ali bin Said bin Khalifa al-Yahyai | Re-elected | |
| Dibba Al-Baya | Rashid bin Abdullah bin Rashid Haroub al-Shuhi | ||
| Dima wa Ta'een | Abdullah bin Rashid bin Musallam al-Rahbi | ||
| Duqm | Abdallah bin Mabkhout bin Ali al-Janaibi | Re-elected | |
| Halaniyat | Abdalaziz bin Salim bin Sa'id al-Naqash al-Mahri | Re-elected | |
| Himah | Mohammed bin Said bin Ali al-Harousi | ||
| Ibra | Salim bin Hamoud bin Majid al-Ismaili | ||
| Ibri | Ali bin Saleh bin Ali al-Kalbani | ||
| Saif bin Ali bin Said al-Ghafri | Re-elected | ||
| Izki | Mohammed bin Nasser bin Rashid al-Riyarni | ||
| Jalan Bani Bu Ali | Nasir bin Mohammed bin Said al-Sunaidi | ||
| Mohammed bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Hamouda | |||
| Jalan Bani Bu Hasan | Sa'id bin Mohammed bin Abdallah al-Suwa'i | Re-elected | |
| Khabourah | Ali bin Khalfan bin Selman al-Qutaiti | ||
| Omar bin Ali bin Abdullah al-Hosni | |||
| Khasab | Juma bin Hamdan bin Hasan al-Malik al-Shuhi | Re-elected | |
| Liwa | Ahmed bin Khalfan bin Ahmed al-Ghufaili | Re-elected | |
| Madha | Ahmed bin Abdallah bin Khalfan al-Madhani | Re-elected | |
| Maghshan | Mabkhout bin Mohammed bin Suhail al-Hamar | ||
| Mahdha | Said bin Obeid bin Saif al-Ka'abi | ||
| Mahoot | Obeid bin Mohammed bin Said al-Hakmani | ||
| Manah | Said bin Nasser bin Mohammed Al Bu Sa'id | ||
| Masirah | Abdullah bin Khalifs bin bin Khamis al-Majali | ||
| Mirbat | Khalid bin Ahmed bin Said al-Amri | Re-elected | |
| Musana'ah | Salim bin Mohammed bin Sa'id al-Mardoof al Sa'idi | Re-elected | |
| Talal bin Ali bin Salim al-Amry | |||
| Muscat | Rajah bin Ali bin Rajah al-Kathiri | ||
| Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari | Re-elected | ||
| Muttrah | Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Salim al-Hasni | ||
| Murtadha bin Hasan bin Ali al-Lawati | |||
| Nakhal | Mohammed bin Nasser bin Suleiman al-Habaishi | Re-elected | |
| Nizwa | Al-Khattab bin Ahmed bin Soud al-Kindi | Re-elected | |
| Salim bin Hamad bin Salim al-Kamiyani | |||
| Qurayyat | Mohammed bin Saif bin Mohammed al-Jandhami | Re-elected | |
| Mahfoudh bin Ali bin Juma al-Juma | |||
| Rakhyout | Said bin Ali bin Awadh al-Sa'adoni Ak'ak | ||
| Sa'dah | Salim bin Khalfan bin Rashid al-Shukaili | Re-elected | |
| Saham | Mohammed bin Nasser bin Salim al-Ma'amari | ||
| Ali bin Abdallah bin Ali al-Badi | Re-elected | ||
| Salalah | Ahmed bin Awadh bin Ahmed al-Shanfari | ||
| Seeb | Harith bin Mansour bin Ghalib al-Amry | ||
| Taiba al-Mawali | Re-elected | ||
| Shinas | Yousef bin Ahmed bin Shahin al-Baluchi | ||
| Mohammed bin Abdallah bin Ahmed al-Khousaibi | Re-elected | ||
| Sohar | Rashid bin Hamdan bin Ali al-Maqbali | Re-elected | |
| Abdallah bin Mubarak bin Abdallah al-Balushi | |||
| Suma'il | Khalfan bin Sultan bin Saif al-Bakri | ||
| Mohammed bin Nasser bin Humaid al-Naddabi | Re-elected | ||
| Sur | Abdallah bin Saleh bin Abdallah al-Khamyasi al-Araimi | ||
| Nasir bin Hamed bin Khalfan al-Bilal al-Makhini | |||
| Suwayq | Hamad bin Khamis bin Ibrahim al-Jadidi | ||
| Mohammed bin Ali bin Nasser al-Kiyoumi | Re-elected | ||
| Taqah | Said bin Masoud bin Sabah al-Ma'ashani | ||
| Thumrait | Musallam bin Brokein bin Bakhait al-Mashali | ||
| Wadi al-Ma'awal | Saleh bin Soud bin Khalil al-Ma'awali | Re-elected | |
| Wadi bin Khalid | Hamoud bin Rashid bin Saif al-Sha'aibi | Re-elected | |
| Yanqul | Salim bin Harned bin Marzouq al-Badi | ||
| Source: Allen & Rigsbee[4] | |||