1997 United Kingdom general election

Quality:

1997 United Kingdom general election - election for members of the British House of Commons. Article “1997 United Kingdom general election” in English Wikipedia has 74.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 48 references and 21 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “1997 United Kingdom general election” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “1997 United Kingdom general election”, its content was written by 456 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 775 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3164 times in English Wikipedia (9096^th place) and cited 6462 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1699 in July 2024
• Global: #4569 in November 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #335 in July 2024
• Global: #853 in July 2024

There are 23 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 1997 United Kingdom general election		74.2552
2	Korean (ko) 1997년 영국 총선		28.2476
3	Hebrew (he) הבחירות הכלליות בבריטניה 1997		27.2693
4	Japanese (ja) 1997年イギリス総選挙		25.8365
5	Simple English (simple) 1997 United Kingdom general election		24.9705
6	Portuguese (pt) Eleições gerais no Reino Unido em 1997		22.4023
7	German (de) Britische Unterhauswahl 1997		21.2087
8	Chinese (zh) 1997年英國大選		20.3388
9	Russian (ru) Парламентские выборы в Великобритании (1997)		15.4079
10	French (fr) Élections générales britanniques de 1997		14.8733

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1997 United Kingdom general election		6 946 494
2	German (de) Britische Unterhauswahl 1997		150 825
3	Spanish (es) Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 1997		94 653
4	Italian (it) Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1997		68 467
5	French (fr) Élections générales britanniques de 1997		65 127
6	Chinese (zh) 1997年英國大選		43 672
7	Russian (ru) Парламентские выборы в Великобритании (1997)		42 778
8	Japanese (ja) 1997年イギリス総選挙		41 729
9	Polish (pl) Wybory parlamentarne w Wielkiej Brytanii w 1997 roku		19 275
10	Korean (ko) 1997년 영국 총선		13 352

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1997 United Kingdom general election		23 442
2	Spanish (es) Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 1997		465
3	German (de) Britische Unterhauswahl 1997		451
4	French (fr) Élections générales britanniques de 1997		381
5	Italian (it) Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1997		320
6	Chinese (zh) 1997年英國大選		288
7	Russian (ru) Парламентские выборы в Великобритании (1997)		220
8	Simple English (simple) 1997 United Kingdom general election		161
9	Japanese (ja) 1997年イギリス総選挙		136
10	Turkish (tr) 1997 Birleşik Krallık genel seçimleri		113

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1997 United Kingdom general election		456
2	German (de) Britische Unterhauswahl 1997		45
3	French (fr) Élections générales britanniques de 1997		39
4	Italian (it) Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1997		26
5	Spanish (es) Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 1997		21
6	Norwegian (no) Parlamentsvalget i Storbritannia 1997		21
7	Japanese (ja) 1997年イギリス総選挙		19
8	Chinese (zh) 1997年英國大選		17
9	Russian (ru) Парламентские выборы в Великобритании (1997)		15
10	Simple English (simple) 1997 United Kingdom general election		15

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1997 United Kingdom general election		1
2	Hebrew (he) הבחירות הכלליות בבריטניה 1997		1
3	Russian (ru) Парламентские выборы в Великобритании (1997)		1
4	Chinese (zh) 1997年英國大選		1
5	Catalan (ca) Eleccions al Parlament del Regne Unit de 1997		0
6	Danish (da) Parlamentsvalget i Storbritannien 1997		0
7	German (de) Britische Unterhauswahl 1997		0
8	Greek (el) Γενικές εκλογές του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου 1997		0
9	Spanish (es) Elecciones generales del Reino Unido de 1997		0
10	Finnish (fi) Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan parlamenttivaalit 1997		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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