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1977 Indian general election in Bihar
Election in Bihar
Election in Bihar
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1977 Indian general election in Bihar |
| country | India |
| type | parliamentary |
| previous_election | 1971 Indian general election in Bihar |
| previous_year | 1971 |
| next_election | 1980 Indian general election in Bihar |
| next_year | 1980 |
| seats_for_election | 54 seats to the Lok Sabha |
| party1 | Janata Party |
| seats1 | 52 |
| party2 | INC |
| seats2 | 0 |
Results by Party
| Party Name | Popular vote | Seats | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | Total | 2,08,74,906 | 100% | - | 340 | 54 | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP / BLD | 1,35,63,737 | 64.98 | 52 | 52 | |||||||||||
| INC | 47,81,142 | 22.90 | 17.16 | 54 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||
| CPI | 11,75,153 | 5.63 | 4.22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| JHKP | 1,26,288 | 0.60 | 0.31 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| CPI(M) | 42,042 | 0.20 | 0.56 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Others | 2,25,872 | 1.08 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| IND | 9,60,672 | 4.60 | 4.51 | 188 | 1 |
Results by Constituency
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | ||
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| Bagaha (SC) | 46.51% | Jagannath Prasad | JP | 138,443 | 50.43 | Bhola Raut | INC | 97,755 | 35.61 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 40,688 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 14.82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bettiah | 50.38% | Fazlur Rahman | JP | 186,486 | 58.74 | Kedar Pandey | INC | 90,158 | 28.40 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 96,328 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 30.34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motihari | 55.63% | Thakur Ramapati Singh | JP | 167,732 | 46.71 | Bibhuti Mishra | INC | 93,779 | 26.11 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 73,953 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 20.60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gopalganj | 63.11% | Dwarka Nath Tiwary | JP | 294,466 | 70.08 | Abdul Ghafoor | INC | 121,474 | 28.91 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 172,992 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 41.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siwan | 67.34% | Mrityunjay Prasad | JP | 325,030 | 74.87 | Mohamad Yusuf | INC | 93,954 | 21.64 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 231,076 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 53.23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maharajganj | 65.70% | Ramdeo Singh | JP | 345,781 | 77.96 | Daroga Prasad Roy | INC | 93,883 | 21.17 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 251,898 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 56.79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapra | 73.89% | Lalu Prasad Yadav | JP | 415,409 | 85.97 | Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh | INC | 41,609 | 8.61 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 373,800 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 77.36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hajipur (SC) | 77.07% | Ram Vilas Paswan | JP | 469,007 | 89.30 | Baleshwar Ram | INC | 44,462 | 8.47 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 424,545 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 80.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vaishali | 76.10% | Digvijay Narain Singh | JP | 435,757 | 85.03 | Nawal Kishore Singh | INC | 70,260 | 13.71 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 365,497 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 71.32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muzaffarpur | 75.95% | George Fernandes | JP | 396,687 | 78.23 | Nitishwer Prasad Singh | INC | 62,470 | 12.32 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 334,217 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 65.91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sitamarhi | 69.81% | Shyam Sunder Das | JP | 261,321 | 52.49 | Nagendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 171,227 | 34.39 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 90,094 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 18.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sheohar | 62.18% | Thakur Girjanandan Singh | JP | 241,672 | 56.31 | Hari Kishore Singh | INC | 174,643 | 40.69 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 67,029 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 15.62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madhubani | 68.40% | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav | JP | 200,543 | 42.86 | Bhogendra Jha | CPI | 143,422 | 30.65 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 57,121 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 12.21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jhanjharpur | 74.71% | Dhanik Lal Mandal | JP | 305,554 | 65.78 | Jagannath Mishra | INC | 148,073 | 31.88 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 157,481 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 33.90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darbhanga | 66.42% | Surendra Jha Suman | JP | 306,857 | 73.57 | Radhanandan Jha | INC | 94,855 | 22.74 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 212,002 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 50.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rosera (SC) | 69.07% | Ram Sewak Hazari | JP | 311,240 | 70.70 | Ram Bhagat Paswan | INC | 116,734 | 26.52 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 194,506 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 44.18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samastipur | 70.69% | Karpoori Thakur | JP | 401,935 | 78.22 | Yamuna Prasad Mandal | INC | 74,501 | 14.50 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 327,434 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 63.72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barh | 72.02% | Shyam Sunder Gupta | JP | 372,227 | 75.94 | Dharamvir Singh | INC | 101,945 | 20.80 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 270,282 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 55.14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balia | 59.92% | Ramajiwan Singh | JP | 146,772 | 39.25 | Surya Narayan Singh | CPI | 99,140 | 26.51 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 47,632 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 12.74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saharsa | 68.08% | Vinayak Prasad Yadav | JP | 306,994 | 67.35 | Chiranjib Jha | INC | 118,288 | 25.95 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 188,706 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 41.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madhepura | 71.58% | B. P. Mandal | JP | 301,076 | 65.44 | Rajendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 100,359 | 21.81 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 200,717 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 43.63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Araria (SC) | 58.86% | Mahendra Narayan Sardar | JP | 221,829 | 65.36 | Dumar Lal Baitha | INC | 113,295 | 33.38 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 108,534 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 31.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kishanganj | 48.91% | Halimuddin Ahmed | JP | 168,175 | 58.58 | Jamilur Rahman | INC | 88,045 | 30.67 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 80,130 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 27.91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purnea | 59.73% | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | JP | 199,034 | 56.07 | Madhuri Singh | INC | 106,997 | 30.14 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 92,037 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 25.93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katihar | 60.17% | Yuvraj | JP | 215,074 | 69.41 | Tariq Anwar | INC | 85,285 | 27.52 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 129,789 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 41.89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rajmahal (ST) | 39.95% | Anthony Murmu | JP | 148,677 | 68.15 | Yofesh Chandra Murmu | INC | 56,191 | 25.76 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 92,486 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 42.39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dumka (ST) | 41.42% | Bateshwar Hemram | JP | 115,386 | 49.45 | Prithiwichand Kisku | INC | 62,132 | 26.63 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 53,254 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 22.82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Godda | 57.91% | Jagadambi Prasad Yadav | JP | 250,749 | 70.01 | Jagdish N. Mandal | INC | 91,758 | 25.62 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 158,991 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 44.39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banka | 55.14% | Limaye Madhu | JP | 239,550 | 71.14 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | INC | 78,866 | 23.42 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 160,684 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 47.72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bhagalpur | 63.65% | Dr. Ramji Singh | JP | 304,791 | 71.74 | Bhagalpur | INC | 120,073 | 28.26 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 184,718 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 43.48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khagaria | 63.14% | Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav | JP | 230,687 | 57.22 | Jai N. Mehta | INC | 81,395 | 20.19 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 149,292 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 37.03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monghyr | 74.00% | Shri Krishna Singh | JP | 337,791 | 66.15 | Devendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 164,174 | 32.15 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 173,617 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 34.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Begusarai | 63.22% | Shyam Nandan Mishra | JP | 185,382 | 44.48 | Tarkeshri Sinha | INC | 150,154 | 36.03 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 35,228 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 8.45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nalanda | 71.63% | Birendra Prasad | JP | 284,684 | 54.06 | Vijay Kumar Yadav | CPI | 143,662 | 27.28 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 141,022 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 26.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patna | 68.02% | Maha Maya Prasad Sinha | JP | 382,363 | 76.61 | Ramavatar Shastri | CPI | 59,238 | 11.87 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 323,125 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 64.74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arrah | 65.00% | Chandradeo Prasad Verma | JP | 323,913 | 70.67 | Baliram Bhagat | INC | 113,036 | 24.66 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 210,877 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 46.01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buxar | 63.38% | Rama Nand Tiwary | JP | 286,418 | 65.04 | Anant Prasad Sharma | INC | 82,705 | 18.78 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 203,713 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 46.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sasaram (SC) | 64.98% | Jagjivan Ram | JP | 327,995 | 78.49 | Mungeri Lall | INC | 84,185 | 20.15 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 243,810 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 58.34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bikramganj | 61.39% | Ram Awadhesh Singh | JP | 248,578 | 59.57 | Ram Subhag Singh | INC | 96,827 | 23.21 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 151,751 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 36.36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aurangabad | 61.44% | Satyendra Narain Singh | JP | 251,139 | 61.76 | Ram Swaroop Yadav | INC | 130,692 | 32.14 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 120,447 | Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 29.62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jahanabad | 66.44% | Hari Lal Prasad Sinha | JP | 317,954 | 64.85 | Chandrika Prasad Yadav | INC | 66,984 | 13.66 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 250,970 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 51.19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nawada (SC) | 69.87% | Nathuni Ram | JP | 429,785 | 84.00 | Mahabir Chaudhary | INC | 67,084 | 13.11 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 362,701 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 70.89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaya (SC) | 69.29% | Ishwar Chaudhry | JP | 341,000 | 77.60 | Mishri Sada | INC | 92,682 | 21.09 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 248,318 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 56.51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chatra | 47.97% | Sukdeo Prasad Verma | JP | 203,878 | 74.99 | Shankar Dayal Singh | INC | 60,344 | 22.19 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 143,534 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 52.80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kodarma | 43.38% | Ritlal Prasad Verma | JP | 169,387 | 67.34 | Chaplendu Bhattacharyyia | INC | 53,359 | 21.21 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 116,028 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 46.13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Giridih | 50.03% | Ram Das Singh | JP | 164,120 | 58.35 | I. Ahmad | INC | 85,843 | 30.52 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 78,277 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 27.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dhanbad | 45.39% | A. K. Roy | IND | 205,495 | 68.74 | Ram Narain Sharma | INC | 63,646 | 21.29 | Independent}}; color:black;" | 141,849 | Independent}}; color:black;" | 47.45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hazaribagh | 47.73% | Basant Narain Singh | JP | 186,058 | 64.67 | Damodar Pandey | INC | 44,941 | 15.62 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 141,117 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 49.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranchi | 47.84% | Ravindra Verma | JP | 130,938 | 49.02 | Sheo Prasad Sahu | INC | 68,222 | 25.54 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 62,716 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 23.48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamshedpur | 46.85% | Rudra Pratap Sarangi | JP | 131,419 | 50.16 | V. G. Gopal | INC | 67,666 | 25.83 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 63,753 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 24.33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singhbhum (ST) | 34.46% | Bagun Sumbrai | JKP | 126,288 | 73.31 | Moran Singh Purty | INC | 24,422 | 14.18 | Jharkhand Party}}; color:white;" | 101,866 | Jharkhand Party}}; color:white;" | 59.13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khunti (ST) | 33.93% | Kariya Munda | JP | 91,859 | 49.99 | Nirel Mundu | JKP | 56,976 | 31.01 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 34,883 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 18.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lohardaga (ST) | 45.74% | Laloo Oraon | JP | 142,274 | 56.93 | Kartik Oraon | INC | 77,391 | 30.97 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 64,883 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 25.96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Palamau (SC) | 45.80% | Ramdeni Ram | JP | 201,861 | 77.56 | Kamla Kumari | INC | 39,022 | 14.99 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 162,839 | Janata Party}}; color:white;" | 62.57 |
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagjivan Ram | Sasaram (SC) | Cabinet Minister | Defence | 28 March | ||
| 1977 | 28 July | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| Deputy Prime Minister | 24 January | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| 2 | George Fernandes | Muzaffarpur | Cabinet Minister | Communications | 27 March | ||
| 1977 | 6 July | ||||||
| 1977 | |||||||
| Industry | 6 July | ||||||
| 1977 | 15 July | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| 3 | Ravindra Varma | Ranchi | Parliamentary Affairs | 26 March | |||
| 1977 | 28 July | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| Labour | |||||||
| 4 | Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra | Begusarai | External Affairs | 28 July | |||
| 1979 | 14 January | ||||||
| 1980 | |||||||
| Communications | 7 December | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| 5 | Fazlur Rahman | Bettiah | Labour | 30 July | |||
| 1979 | |||||||
| Muslim Waqfs | 7 December | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||
| 6 | Dhanik Lal Mandal | Jhanjharpur | MoS | Home Affairs | 30 July | ||
| 1979 |
References
References
- "Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India.
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