Down The YearsBreak-downs of the assembly election results since 1972 Party Seats Contested Seats Won Votes (%) 1997 Electorate: 152.2 (lakhs) Turnout: 68.7% Seats: 117 Total Candidates: 693 SAD 92 75 37.6 BJP 22 18 8.3 INC 105 14 26.6 CPI 15 2 3.0 SADM 30 1 3.1 BSP 67 1 7.5 IND 244 6 10.9 OTH 64 0 0.6 1992 Electorate: 131.7 (lakhs) Turnout: 24.3% Seats: 117 Total Candidates: 579 INC 116 87 43.8 BSP 105 9 16.3 BJP 66 6 16.5 CPI 20 4 3.6 SAD 58 3 5.2 UCPI 1 1 0.5 IPF 2 1 0.1 IND 150 4 9.2 OTH 7 0 0.2 1985 Electorate: 107.4 (lakhs) Turnout: 67.5% Seats: 117 Total Candidates: 857 SAD 100 73 38.0 INC 117 32 37.9 BJP 26 6 5.0 CPI 38 1 4.4 JP 5 1 1.1 IND 542 4 11.7 1980 Electorate: 98.6 (lakhs) Turnout: 64.3% Seats: 117 Total Candidates: 722 INCI 117 63 45.2 SAD 73 37 26.9 CPI 18 9 6.5 BJP 41 1 6.5 JP 8 0 1.3 IND 376 2 6.5 OTH 76 0 3.0 1977 Electorate: 88.7 (lakhs) Turnout: 65.4% Seats: 117 Total Candidates: 682 SAD 70 58 31.4 JP 41 25 15.0 INC 96 17 33.6 CPI 18 7 6.6 RPI 5 0 0.1 IND 435 2 9.6 OTH 9 0 0.2 1972 Electorate: 72.4 (lakhs) Turnout: 69.3% Seats: 104 Total Candidates: 468 INC 89 66 42.8 SAD 72 24 27.6 CPI 13 10 6.5 SOC 8 0 0.9 RPI 6 0 0.2 BJS 33 0 5.0 IND 205 3 12.3 OTH 21 0 1.4