| Country: | El Salvador |
| Previous Election: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | 16 March 1997 |
| Seats For Election: | All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 43 |
| Party1: | Nationalist Republican Alliance |
| Percentage1: | 35.40 |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Last Election1: | 39 |
| Party2: | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
| Percentage2: | 33.02 |
| Seats2: | 27 |
| Last Election2: | 21 |
| Party3: | National Coalition Party (El Salvador) |
| Percentage3: | 8.70 |
| Seats3: | 11 |
| Last Election3: | 4 |
| Party4: | Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
| Percentage4: | 8.36 |
| Seats4: | 10 |
| Last Election4: | 18 |
| Party5: | PRCS |
| Color5: |
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| Percentage5: | 3.58 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Last Election5: | New |
| Party6: | Democratic Convergence (El Salvador) |
| Percentage6: | 3.50 |
| Seats6: | 2 |
| Last Election6: | 1 |
| Party7: | Liberal Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
| Percentage7: | 3.15 |
| Seats7: | 2 |
| Last Election7: | New |
| Party8: | Movement of Unity |
| Percentage8: | 2.25 |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Last Election8: | 1 |
| Map: | Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 1997 - Resultados por Departamento.svg |
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 1997.[1] The result was a narrow victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 28 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 39.2%.[2]