| Country: | Guyana |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Guyanese general election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2001 Guyanese general election |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
| Majority Seats: | 33 |
| Election Date: | 15 December 1997 |
| Registered: | 461,481 |
| Turnout: | 88.42% |
| Image1: | Janet_Jagan.png |
| Candidate1: | Janet Jagan |
| Party1: | People's Progressive Party/Civic |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 220,667 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Percentage1: | 55.26% |
| Swing1: | 1.81pp |
| Candidate2: | Desmond Hoyte |
| Party2: | People's National Congress (Guyana) |
| Popular Vote2: | 161,901 |
| Percentage2: | 40.55% |
| Seats2: | 26 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Swing2: | 1.76pp |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | Elected President |
| Before Election: | Sam Hinds |
| Before Party: | PPP/C |
| After Election: | Janet Jagan |
| After Party: | PPP/C |
General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1997.[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.[1]
The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils elected on the same date as the national members, and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils.[2] These were the last elections to feature that electoral system, as the electoral law was amended in February 2001 ahead of the elections in March that year.[3]
The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.