Escalation 1994–1996 Massacres and reconciliation 1996–1999 Defeat of the GIA 1999–2002 Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 5 June 1997.

The result was a victory for the National Rally for Democracy (RND), a new party created in early 1997 for President Zéroual's supporters, which won 156 out of 380 seats.

They were followed by the Movement of Society for Peace (as Hamas had been required to rename itself) with 69 seats, the National Liberation Front (62), and the Islamist Islamic Renaissance Movement (34).

The two Berberist parties, FFS and RCD, got 20 and 19 seats respectively.

Views on this election were mixed; most major opposition parties filed complaints, and the success of the extremely new RND raised eyebrows.