Chhattisgarh: 1977 to 1998
| 1977 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1993 | 1998 | |
| Electorate (lakhs) | 63.3 | 68.6 | 78.6 | 101.7 | 107.9 | 119.6 |
| Turnout (%) | 46.3 | 44.9 | 44.7 | 53.9 | 59.4 | 60.4 |
| Seats | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Candidates | 563 | 466 | 670 | 1163 | 1122 | 729 |
| Indian National Congress (INC), | 35(90) | 77(90) | 74(90) | 23(89) | 54(90) | 48(89) |
| (INCI) in 1980 | 39.7% | 53.0% | 51.5% | 35.1% | 40.4% | 40.6% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | - | 6(86) | 13(86) | 51(65) | 30(90) | 36(90) |
| 23.4% | 27.0% | 32.6% | 35.5% | 40.1% | ||
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 0(8) | 1(15) | 0(26) | 2(18) | 2(29) | 0(18) |
| 0.6% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |
| Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) | 0(3) | 0(5) | 0(3) | 0(2) | 0(6) | |
| 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.3% | ||
| Janata Dal (JD), | - | 0(45) | - | 9(34) | 0(68) | 0(32) |
| (JPSC) in 1980 | 3.4% | 9.7% | 3.0% | 0.6% | ||
| Janata Party (JP) | 53(89) | 1(21) | 0(49) | 0(14) | - | - |
| 41.9% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 0.2% | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | - | - | - | 1(53) | 1(88) | 3(49) |
| 3.4% | 7.7% | 5.8% | ||||
| Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP) | 1(4) | 0(4) | - | - | 0(4) | - |
| 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | ||||
| Gondavana Gantantra Party (GGP) | - | - | - | - | 0(15) | 1(43) |
| 0.7% | 1.9% | |||||
| Chattisgarh Mukti Morcha (CMM) | - | - | - | 0(8) | 1(23) | 0(13) |
| 0.5% | 1.5% | 0.7% | ||||
| Others | 0(3) | 0(30) | 0(21) | 0(94) | 0(165) | 0(127) |
| 0.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.3% | |
| Independents (IND) | 1(369) | 5(172) | 3(393) | 4(785) | 2(548) | 2(262) |
| 16.3% | 14.1% | 14.3% | 14.9% | 7.9% | 7.5% | |
| (JPSC) Janata Party Secular Charan Singh. [Relevant 90 assembly seats from erstwhile MP have been taken here] | ||||||
