Municipal Elections were held on March 1, 1998.

The General Elections of Costa Rica of 1998 were held on Sunday, February 1, 1998, to elect the President, Vice President and the 57 Deputies in the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica.

The 1997 Parliamentary Elections, held on 11 December, were held to elect 120 Deputies, two for each electoral district, for the 1998-2002 legislative period. The seats in the Senate were to be renewed in the even numbered regions, with a total of 20 seats to be contested in the Upper House.

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Ecuador on 30 November 1997.

General Elections of Honduras were held on Sunday, November 30, 1997. In them, the holders of the popularly elected offices of the Republic of Honduras were renewed, these are: President of Honduras, 128 Deputies to the Congress of Honduras, 20 Deputies to the Central American Parliament, 296 Mayors and 296 Vice mayors.

On October 26, 1997 the country went to the polls to elect a new congress.

On October 26, 1997 the country went to the polls to elect municipal and departmental authorities.

Legislative Elections in Argentina in 1997 were held on Sunday, October 26th to renew 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies for the period 1997-2001.

Municipal elections that took place at the same time as the 1997 legislative elections. The purpose of these elections was to elect the governor of the province of Corrientes, the only district in the country that renewed its executive power.

On Sunday, July 6, 1997, the 1996-1997 Legislative Elections were held in Mexico, in which 32 Senators and 500 Federal Deputies were elected at the federal level.