LUCKNOW: Even though BSP suffered a humiliating defeat in 2017 UP assembly elections, Mayawati ’s party had no shortage of funds ahead of the polls, as the party’s income, essentially through donations, grew by over 266% in financial year 2016-17 over the previous year, says Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in its report.ADR compiled the report after analysing the details provided by the national parties in their audit reports to Election Commission of India The report reveals that BSP’s income rose from just over Rs 47 crore in 2015-16 to more than Rs 126 crore in 2016-17. The Dalit outfit declared a total income of Rs 173.58 crore during 2016-17 financial year.BSP showed that its income rose, despite demonetisation, as it geared up to contest the 2017 UP assembly elections. The party, however, spent only 30% of the income before assembly elections, report said.In all, only five parties — BSP, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), CPM and CPI — submitted their annual income totalling around Rs 300 crore, with the ECI. Not surprisingly, BSP alone accounted for almost 58% of the total annual income of five parties taken together.BJP and Congress have yet to submit their annual income details to the ECI, the ADR report said.