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Rajasthan- Vidhan Sabha statistics

Vidhan Sabha Elections

	1952	1957	1962	1967	1972	1977	1980	1985	1990	1993	1998	2003
Electorate (lakhs)	76.8	87.4	103.1	122.0	139.1	154.9	180.6	212.3	264.1	284.7	301.3	339.3
Turnout (%)	35.9	38.7	52.8	58.2	58.1	54.4	52.2	55.0	57.1	60.6	63.4	67.2
Seats	160(20)	176(40)	176	184	184	200	200	200	200	200	200	200
Candidates	623	653	890	892	875	1150	1406	1504	3088	2451	1436	1541

Indian National Congress	82(156)	119(176)	88(176)	89(182)	145(179)	41(186)	133(199)	113(199)	50(200)	76(200)	153(200)	56(200)
(INC)	39.5%	45.1%	40.0%	41.4%	51.1%	31.5%	43.0%	46.6%	33.6%	38.3%	45.0	35.6%

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	8(50)	6(47)	15(94)	22(63)	8(119)	-	32(123)	39(118)	85(128)	96(197)	33(196)	120(197)
(BJS) till 1962	5.9%	5.4%	9.1%	11.7%	12.2%		18.6%	21.2%	25.3%	38.6%	33.2	39.2%

Janata Dal (JD)	2(6)	-	0(7)	-	-	-	-	-	55(120)	6(147)	3(69)	-
(ABHM) till 1977	0.9%		0.3%						21.6%	6.9%	2.0%

Communist Party of India(CPI)	0(11)	1(23)	5(45)	1(20)	4(5)	1(10)	1(25)	1(47)	0(41)	0(7)	0(20)	0(15)
	0.5%	3.0%	5.4%	1.0%	1.6%	1.1%	1.0%	1.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%

Communist Party of India Marxist(CPM)	-	-	-	0(22)	0(20)	1(14)	1(16)	0(18)	1(22)	1(12)	1(14)	1(18)
Marxist (CPM)				1.2%	1.0%	0.7%	1.2%	0.6%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.8%

Janata Party(JP)	-	-	-	-	-	151(200)	8(76)	10(31)	0(44)	-	-	-
						50.4%	7.3%	5.9%	0.3%

Lok Dal(LKD)	-	-	36(93)	48(107)	11(119)	-	-	27(60)	-	0(1)	0(13)	-
(SWA) till 1972			17.1%	22.1%	12.3%			11.9%		0.0%	0.2%

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), (INCU) in 1980	-	-	-	-	1(37)	-	6(69)	-	-	-	2(108)	2(124)
(INCO) in 1972					1.3%		5.6%				2.2%	4.0%

Janata Party Secular Charan Singh(JPSC)	7(46)	-	-	-	-	-	7(104)	-	-	-	-	-
(KLP) in 1952	8.3%						9.8%

Praja Socialist Party (PSP)	1(6)	1(25)	2(22)	0(17)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(KMPP) in 1952	0.5%	2.5%	1.5%	0.8%

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), (SOC) in 1972	1(52)	-	5(40)	8(38)	4(36)	-	-	-	-	-	1(18)	0(4)
(SSP) in 1967	4.2%		3.7%	4.8%	2.4%						0.3	0.0%

Ram Rajya Parishad(RRP)	24(59)	17(57)	3(23)	-	-	0(1)	0(3)	-	-	-	-	-
	12.3%	9.9%	2.0%			0.0%	0.0%

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(4)	4(50)
											0.5	2.6%

Janata Dal United (JDU)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(10)
												0.9%

Rajasthan Samajik Nyaya Manch (RSNM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(65)
												2.2%

Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJNS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(36)
												0.4%

Others	0(8)	-	-	0(9)	0(5)	0(11)	0(41)	0(36)	0(395)	0(371)	0(190)	0(266)
	0.4%			0.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%	2.5%	2.2%	1.2%	2.7%

Independents (IND)	35(229)	32(325)	22(390)	16(434)	11(355)	6(728)	12(750)	10(995)	9(2138)	21(1516)	7(604)	13(556)
	27.5%	34.1%	20.9%	16.3%	17.4%	16.0%	13.1%	11.9%	11.9%	12.8%	14.4%	11.4%

Election Dates-1967:February 15,18,20; 1972:March 6,9,11; 1977:June 10,13; 1980:May 28,31; 1985:March 3; 1990:February 27; 1993:November 11; 1998: November 25. 2003: December 1.
(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh,(ABHM) Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha,(INCU) Indian National Congress(Urs), (SWA) Swatantra Party,(INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (KLP) Krishikar Lok Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party,(SOC) Socialist Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party.
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats.