Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997.

[1] The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, who received 63% of the vote.

Voter turnout was 85%.

[2] The election of Bagabandi was described as a protest vote against the rapid economic reforms of the Democratic Union Coalition government.