1977 Indian general election in Bihar

1977 Indian general election in Bihar
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54 seats to the Lok Sabha

Last updated January 21, 2026

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.

Results by Party

Party Name		Popular vote			Seats
Party Name		Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	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
Total		2,08,74,906	100%	-	340	54	-

Results by Constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Turnout	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
1	Jagjivan Ram	Sasaram (SC)	Cabinet Minister	Defence	28 March 1977	28 July 1979	JP
1	Jagjivan Ram	Sasaram (SC)	Deputy Prime Minister		24 January 1979	28 July 1979
2	George Fernandes	Muzaffarpur	Cabinet Minister	Communications	27 March 1977	6 July 1977
2	George Fernandes	Muzaffarpur		Industry	6 July 1977	15 July 1979
3	Ravindra Varma	Ranchi		Parliamentary Affairs	26 March 1977	28 July 1979
3	Ravindra Varma	Ranchi		Labour	26 March 1977	28 July 1979
4	Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	Begusarai		External Affairs	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	JP(S)
4	Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	Begusarai		Communications	7 December 1979
5	Fazlur Rahman	Bettiah		Labour	30 July 1979
5	Fazlur Rahman	Bettiah		Muslim Waqfs	7 December 1979
6	Dhanik Lal Mandal	Jhanjharpur	MoS	Home Affairs	30 July 1979

References

↑ "Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

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[1] "Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

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