Party Positions Which party won how many seats and their vote percentages in the assemblyelections since 1972 Year Seats Contested Seats Won Votes (%) Indian National Congress 1972 89 66 42.8 1977 96 17 33.6 1985 117 32 37.9 1992 116 87 43.8 1997 105 14 26.6 Shrimoni Akali Dal 1972 72 24 27.6 1977 70 58 31.4 1980 73 37 26.9 1985 100 73 38.0 1992 58 3 5.2 1997 92 75 37.6 Bharatiya Janata Party 1980 41 1 6.5 1985 26 6 5.0 1992 66 6 16.5 1997 22 18 8.3 Bahujan Samaj Party 1992 105 9 16.3 1997 67 1 7.5 Communist Party of India 1972 13 10 6.5 1977 18 7 6.6 1980 18 9 6.5 1985 38 1 4.4 1992 20 4 3.6 1997 15 2 3.0 Shrimoni Akali Dal Mann 1997 30 1 3.1 Independents 1972 205 3 12.3 1977 435 2 9.6 1980 376 2 6.5 1985 542 4 11.7 1992 150 4 9.2 1997 244 6 10.9