1977 Indian general election in Bihar

For Lok Sabha election, see 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
1977 Indian general election in Bihar
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54 seats to the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Party Janata Party INC
Seats won 52 0

This is a list of successful candidates from constituencies in Bihar in the 1977 general elections to the 5th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament of India.

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Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
JP / BLD 1,35,63,737 64.98 New entry 52 52 New entry
INC 47,81,142 22.90 Decrease 17.16 54 0 Decrease 39
CPI 11,75,153 5.63 Decrease 4.22 22 0 Decrease 5
JHKP 1,26,288 0.60 Decrease 0.31 1 1 Steady
CPI(M) 42,042 0.20 Decrease 0.56 2 0 Steady
Others 2,25,872 1.08 Steady 21 0 Steady
IND 9,60,672 4.60 Decrease 4.51 188 1 Steady
Total 2,08,74,906 100% - 340 54 -

Results by Constituency

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

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_1977_(Bihar)