| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Previous Election: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2001 |
| Election Date: | 19 April 1997 |
| Seats For Election: | All 240 seats in the National Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 121 |
| Turnout: | 58.87% |
| Party1: | United Democratic Forces |
| Percentage1: | 52.26 |
| Last Election1: | 69 |
| Seats1: | 137 |
| Party2: | Coalition for Bulgaria |
| Percentage2: | 22.07 |
| Last Election2: | 125 |
| Seats2: | 58 |
| Party3: | Movement for Rights and Freedoms |
| Percentage3: | 7.60 |
| Last Election3: | 15 |
| Seats3: | 19 |
| Party4: | Bulgarian Euro-Left |
| Percentage4: | 5.50 |
| Last Election4: | new |
| Seats4: | 14 |
| Party5: | Bulgarian Business Bloc |
| Percentage5: | 4.93 |
| Last Election5: | 13 |
| Seats5: | 12 |
| Map: | 1997 Bulgarian parliamentary election.png |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Stefan Sofiyanski |
| Before Party: | Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) |
| After Election: | Ivan Kostov |
| After Party: | United Democratic Forces |
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 April 1997.[1] The result was a victory for the United Democratic Forces (an alliance of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), the Democratic Party, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party),[2] which won 137 of the 240 seats. Following the election, SDS leader Ivan Kostov became prime minister.[3]
Following the elections, Ivan Kostov formed the Kostov Government.