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1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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1977 Bihar legislative assembly election

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All 324 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
INC
CPI
Leader Karpoori Thakur Jagannath Mishra
Party JP INC CPI
Leader since 1977 1975
Seats before New 167 35
Seats after 214 57 21
Seat change New Decrease 110 Decrease 14

CM before election

President's rule
N/A

Elected CM

Karpoori Thakur
JP

1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in 1977 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in the state of Bihar, India. The Janata Party's decisive victories in the state and political elections ensured Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur's victory.[1][2][3] Thakur became Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time by winning the legislative party election against Bihar Janata Party President Satyendra Narayan Sinha, formerly of Congress [O], by a vote of 144 to 84. It was pre-decided that Lok Dal Faction of Janata Party would get CM post in Bihar, UP and haryana, while MP, Rajasthan and Himachal went to Jan Sangh faction.

Results

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Party Seats Contested Seats Won Seats Change Vote Share
Janata Party 311 214 Increase 214 42.7%
Indian National Congress 286 57 Decrease 110 23.6%
Independent politician 2206 24 Increase 7 23.7%
Communist Party of India 73 21 Decrease 14 7.0%
Communist Party of India 16 4 Decrease 14 0.9%
Jharkhand Party 31 2 Increase 1 0.4%
Akhil Bharatiya Shoshit Samaj Dal 26 1 New 0.8%
All India Jharkhand Party 21 1 New 0.5%

Elected members

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# Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
1 Dhanaha None Har Deo Prasad Indian National Congress
2 Bagha SC Narsingh Baitha Indian National Congress
3 Ramnagar None Arjun Bikram Shah Indian National Congress
4 Shikarpur SC Sitaram Prasad Indian National Congress
5 Sikta None Faiyazul Azam Indian National Congress
6 Lauria None Vishwa Mohan Sharma Indian National Congress
7 Chunpatia None Vir Singh Janata Party
8 Bettiah None Gauri Shankar Pandey Indian National Congress
9 Nautan None Kedar Pandey Indian National Congress
10 Raxaul None Sagir Ahmad Indian National Congress
11 Sugauli None Ramashray Singh Communist Party of India
12 Motihari None Prabhawati Gupta Indian National Congress
13 Adapur None Ram Prit Rai Indian National Congress
14 Dhaka None Siyaram Thakur Janata Party
15 Ghorasahan None Rajendra Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
16 Madhuban None Rup Lal Rai Indian National Congress
17 Pipra SC Tulsi Ram Communist Party of India
18 Kesariya None Pitambar Singh Communist Party of India
19 Harsidhi None Yagul Kishore Prasad Singh Janata Party
20 Gobindganj None Ramashankar Pandey Indian National Congress
21 Kateya None Nagina Rai Indian National Congress
22 Bhore SC Jamuna Ram Janata Party
23 Mirganj None Bhavesh Chandra Prasad Janata Party
24 Gopalganj None Radhika Devi Janata Party
25 Barauli None Ahdul Ghafoor Indian National Congress
26 Baikunthpur None Braj Kishore Narain Singh Janata Party
27 Basantpur None Vidya Bhaushan Singh Janata Party
28 Goreakothi None Krishna Kant Singh Indian National Congress
29 Siwan None Ghulam Sarwar Janata Party
30 Mairwa SC Phulchand Ram Janata Party
31 Darauli None Krishna Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
32 Ziradei None Raja Ram Choudhary Indian National Congress
33 Maharajganj None Uma Shankar Singh Janata Party
34 Raghunathpur None Bikram Kaur Janata Party
35 Manjhi None Ram Bahadur Singh Janata Party
36 Baniapur None Rama Kant Pandey Janata Party
37 Masrakh None Krishnadeo Narain Singh Janata Party
38 Taraiya None Dharam Nath Singh Janata Party
39 Marhaura None Surya Singh Janata Party
40 Jalalpur None Cameshwar Singh Janata Party
41 Chapra None Mithlesh Kumar Singh Janata Party
42 Garkha SC Muneshwar Choudhary Janata Party
43 Parsa None Ramanand Prasad Yadav Janata Party
44 Sonepur None Ram Sunder Das Janata Party
45 Hajipur None Jagannath Prasad Yadav Janata Party
46 Raghopur None Vabulal Shastri Janata Party
47 Mahnar None Muneshwar Prasad Singh Janata Party
48 Jandaha None Munshi Lal Ray Janata Party
49 Patepur SC Paltan Ram Janata Party
50 Mahua SC Phudeni Prasad Janata Party
51 Lalganj None Arun Kumar Sinha Janata Party
52 Vaishali None Nagendra Pd. Singh Janata Party
53 Paru None Shyam Kumar Pd. Singh Janata Party
54 Sahebganj None Bhagya Naraian Rai Communist Party of India
55 Baruraj None Balendra Prasad Singh Communist Party of India
56 Kanti None Thakur Pd. Singh Janata Party
57 Kurhani None Sabhu Saran Shahi Janata Party
58 Sakra SC Shivanandan Paswan Janata Party
59 Muzaffarpur None Manjay Lal Janata Party
60 Bochaha SC Kamal Paswan Janata Party
61 Gaighatti None Vinodanand Singh Janata Party
62 Aurai None Ganesh Prasad Yadav Janata Party
63 Minapur None Nagendra Pd. Singh Janata Party
64 Runisaidpur None Nawal Kishore Sahi Janata Party
65 Belsand None Raghubansh Prasad Singh Janata Party
66 Sheohar None Raghunath Jha Indian National Congress
67 Sitamarhi None Ram Sagar Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
68 Bathnaha None Suryadeo Rai Indian National Congress
69 Majorganj SC Surendra Ram Janata Party
70 Sonbarsa None Mahmud Alam Indian National Congress
71 Sursand None Ram Charitra Rai Yadav Indian National Congress
72 Pupri None Habib Ahmad Janata Party
73 Benipatti None Tej Narayan Jha Communist Party of India
74 Bisfi None Raj Kumar Purbey Communist Party of India
75 Harlakhi None Baidya Nath Yadav Communist Party of India
76 Khajauli SC Ram Karan Paswan Janata Party
77 Babubarhi None Deo Narayan Yadav Janata Party
78 Madhubani None Digambar Thakur Janata Party
79 Pandaul None Siya Ram Yadav Janata Party
80 Jhanjharpur None Jagannath Mishra Indian National Congress
81 Phulparas None Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Party
82 Laukaha None Kuldeo Goit Indian National Congress
83 Madhepur None Radhanandan Jha Indian National Congress
84 Manigachhi None Nagendra Jha Indian National Congress
85 Bahera None Abdul Bari Siddiqui Janata Party
86 Ghanshyampur None Mahavir Prasad Janata Party
87 Baheri None Taj Narayan Yadav Janata Party
88 Darbhanga Rural SC Jagadish Choudhary (kabirchak) Janata Party
89 Darbhanga None Shivnath Verma Janata Party
90 Keoti None Durga Das Rathaur Janata Party
91 Jale None Kapildeo Thakur Janata Party
92 Hayaghat None Anirudh Prasad Janata Party
93 Kalyanpur None Bashishtha Narayan Singh Janata Party
94 Warisnagar SC Pitamwar Paswan Janata Party
95 Samastipur None Chandra Shekhar Singh Janata Party
96 Sarairanjan None Yashoda Nand Singh Janata Party
97 Mohiuddin Nagar None Premlata Rai Janata Party
98 Dalsinghsarai None Yashwant Kumar Choudhary Janata Party
99 Bibhutpur None Bandhu Mahto Indian National Congress
100 Rosera None Prayag Mandal Independent
101 Singhia SC Ramjatan Paswan Communist Party of India
102 Hasanpur None Gajendra Prasad Himansu Janata Party
103 Balia None Chand Chur Dev Janata Party
104 Maithani None Sitaram Mishra Communist Party of India
105 Begusarai None Bhola Singh Indian National Congress
106 Barauni None Suryanarayan Singh Communist Party of India
107 Bachwara None Ramdeo Rai Indian National Congress
108 Cheria Bariarpur None Harihar Mahton Indian National Congress
109 Bakhri SC Ram Chandra Paswan Communist Party of India
110 Raghopur None Asesar Goit Janata Party
111 Kishunpur None Baidhya Nath Mehta Janata Party
112 Supaul None Amrendra Prasad Singh Janata Party
113 Tribeniganj None Anup Lal Yadav Janata Party
114 Chhatapur SC Sitaram Paswan Janata Party
115 Kumarkhand SC Nawal Kishore Rishideo Janata Party
116 Singheshwar None Dinbandhu Prasad Yadav Janata Party
117 Saharsa None Shankar Pd Tekriwal Janata Party
118 Mahishi None Parmeshwar Kumar Janata Party
119 Simri-Bakhtiarpur None Choudhary Mohammad Salahuddin Indian National Congress
120 Madhepura None Radha Kant Yadav Janata Party
121 Sonbarsa None Ashok Kumar Singh Janata Party
122 Kishanganj None Raj Nandan Prasad Janata Party
123 Alamnagar None Birendra Kumar Singh Janata Party
124 Rupauli None Shaligram Singh Tomar Janata Party
125 Dhamdaha None Surya Narayan Singh Yadav Janata Party
126 Banmankhi SC Balbodh Paswan Janata Party
127 Raniganj SC Adhik Lal Paswan Janata Party
128 Narpatganj None Janardan Yadav Janata Party
129 Forbesganj None Saryu Mishra Indian National Congress
130 Araria None Srideo Jha Indian National Congress
131 Sikti None Md. Azim Uddin Independent
132 Jokihat None Taslimuddin Janata Party
133 Bahadurganj None Islamuddin Bagi Janata Party
134 Thakurganj None Mohamad Sulemam Janata Party
135 Kishanganj None Rafiqui Alam Indian National Congress
136 Amour None Chandra Shekhar Jha Janata Party
137 Baisi None Hasibur Rahman Indian National Congress
138 Kasba None Jai Narayan Mehta Indian National Congress
139 Purnea None Dev Nath Roy Janata Party
140 Korha SC Sita Ram Das Janata Party
141 Barari None Basudeo Prasad Singh Janata Party
142 Katihar None Jagbandhu Adhikari Janata Party
143 Kadwa None Khaja Sahid Hussain Independent
144 Barsoi None Abu Nayeem Chand Independent
145 Pranpur None Mahendra Narain Yadav Janata Party
146 Manihari None Ram Siphai Yadav Janata Party
147 Rajmahal None Dhruv Bhagat Independent
148 Borio ST Benjamin Murmu Janata Party
149 Barhait ST Parmeshwar Humbrom Janata Party
150 Litipara ST Simon Marandi Independent
151 Pakaur None Haji Md. Ainul Haque Indian National Congress
152 Maheshpur ST Bishawnath Murmu Janata Party
153 Sikaripara ST Babulal Kisku Janata Party
154 Nala None Bisheswar Khan Communist Party of India
155 Jamtara None Durga Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
156 Sarath None Chandra Mouleshwar Singh Janata Party
157 Madhupur None Ajit Kumar Baneerjee Janata Party
158 Deoghar SC Veena Rani Janata Party
159 Jarmundi None Dip Nath Rai Independent
160 Dumka ST Mahadeo Marandi Janata Party
161 Jama ST Madan Besra Indian National Congress
162 Poreyahat None Kamla Kant Pd. Sinha Urf Lallu Janata Party
163 Godda None Lakhan Mahto Janata Party
164 Mahagama None Sayeed Janata Party
165 Pirpainti None Ambika Prasad Communist Party of India
166 Colgong None Sadanand Singh Indian National Congress
167 Nathnagar None Sudha Srivastava Janata Party
168 Bhagalpur None Bijoy Kumar Mitra Janata Party
169 Gopalpur None Mani Ram Singh Communist Party of India
170 Bihpur None Sitaram Singh Azad Communist Party of India
171 Sultanganj None Jageshwar Mandal Janata Party
172 Amarpur None Janardhan Yadav Janata Party
173 Dhuraiya SC Naresh Das Communist Party of India
174 Banka None Sindheshwar Prasad Singh Janata Party
175 Belhar None Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh Janata Party
176 Katoria None Guneshwar Prasad Singh Janata Party
177 Chakai None Phalguni Prasad Yadav Independent
178 Jhajha None Sheonandan Jha Janata Party
179 Tarapur None Kaushalaya Devi Janata Party
180 Kharagpur None Shamesher Jang Bahadur Singh Janata Party
181 Parbatta None Nayeem Akhtar Independent
182 Chautham None Jagdambi Mandal Independent
183 Khagaria None Ram Sharan Yadav Independent
184 Alauli SC Pashupati Kumar Paras Janata Party
185 Monghyr None Syed Jabir Hussain Janata Party
186 Jamalpur None Suresh Kumar Singh Janata Party
187 Surajgarha None Ramjee Prasad Mahta Independent
188 Jamui None Tripurari Prasad Singh Janata Party
189 Sikandra SC Nagina Chaudhary Janata Party
190 Lakhisarai None Kapildeo Singh Janata Party
191 Sheikhpura None Rajo Singh Indian National Congress
192 Barbigha SC Nain Tara Dass Janata Party
193 Asthawan None Indradeo Chaudhary Independent
194 Bihar None Devnath Prasad Communist Party of India
195 Rajgir SC Satyadeo Narain Arya Janata Party
196 Nalanda None Shyam Sundar Prasad Indian National Congress
197 Islampur None Krishna Vallabh Prasad Singh Communist Party of India
198 Hilsa None Jagdish Prasad Janata Party
199 Chandi None Hari Narain Singh Janata Party
200 Harnaut None Bhola Prasad Singh Independent
201 Mokameh None Krishna Shahi Indian National Congress
202 Barh None Ranasheolakhapati Singh Janata Party
203 Bakhtiarpur None Budhdeo Singh Indian National Congress
204 Fatwa SC Kameshwar Paswan Janata Party
205 Massaurhi None Ramdeo Prasad Yadav Janata Party
206 Patna West None Thakur Prasad Janata Party
207 Patna Central None Mohammad Shahabuddin Janata Party
208 Patna East None Ramdeo Mahto Janata Party
209 Dinapur None Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
210 Maner None Suryadeo Singh Janata Party
211 Phulwari SC Ram Prit Paswan Janata Party
212 Bikram None Kailashpati Mishra Janata Party
213 Paliganj None Kanhai Singh Independent
214 Sandesh None Ram Dayal Singh Janata Party
215 Barhara None Ambika Saran Singh Janata Party
216 Arrah None Sumitra Devi Janata Party
217 Shahpur None Jai Narain Mishra Janata Party
218 Brahmpur None Ramakant Thakur Janata Party
219 Buxar None Jagnarain Trivedi Indian National Congress
220 Rajpur SC Nand Kishore Prasad Janata Party
221 Dumraon None Ramashray Singh Communist Party of India
222 Jagdishpur None Satya Narain Singh Independent
223 Piro None Raghupati Gop Janata Party
224 Sahar SC Dineshwar Prasad Janata Party
225 Karakat None Tribhuwan Singh Janata Party
226 Bikramganj None Ekhlak Ahmad Janata Party
227 Dinara None Sheopujan Singh Janata Party
228 Ramgarh None Sachidanand Singh Janata Party
229 Mohania SC Ram Krishna Ram Janata Party
230 Bhabhua None Shib Pariksha Singh Janata Party
231 Chainpur None Lalmuni Chaubey Janata Party
232 Sasaram None Bipin Bihari Sinha Janata Party
233 Chenari SC Ram Bachan Paswan Janata Party
234 Nokha None Gopal Narain Singh Janata Party
235 Dehri None Basawan Singh Janata Party
236 Nabinagar None Yugal Singh Janata Party
237 Deo SC Ram Lagan Ram Janata Party
238 Aurangabad None Ram Naresh Singh Indian National Congress
239 Rafiganj None Md. Hussain Ansari Janata Party
240 Obra None Ram Vilas Singh Janata Party
241 Goh None Ram Saran Yadav Communist Party of India
242 Arwal None Baneshwar Prasad Singh Janata Party
243 Kurtha None Nagnani Shoshit Samaj Dal
244 Makhdumpur None Ram Jatan Sinha Janata Party
245 Jahanabad None Ram Chandra Yadav Janata Party
246 Ghoshi None Jagdish Sharma Janata Party
247 Balaganj None Shambhu Prasad Singh Janata Party
248 Konch None Naresh Prasad Singh Janata Party
249 Gaya Muffasil None Vijay Kumar Singh Janata Party
250 Gaya Town None Sushila Sahay Janata Party
251 Imamganj SC Ishwar Das Janata Party
252 Gurua None Upendra Nath Verma Janata Party
253 Bodh Gaya SC Rajesh Kumar Janata Party
254 Barachatti SC Bhagwati Devi Janata Party
255 Fatehpur SC Mohan Ram Janata Party
256 Atri None Mundrika Singh Janata Party
257 Nawada None Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Communist Party of India
258 Rajauli SC Babu Lal Independent
259 Gobindpur None Bhatu Mahto Janata Party
260 Warsaliganj None Ram Ratan Singh Janata Party
261 Hisua None Babu Lal Singh Janata Party
262 Kodarma None Vishwanath Modi Janata Party
263 Barhi None Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Janata Party
264 Chatra None S. Ahmad Sabr Janata Party
265 Simaria SC Upendra Nath Das Janata Party
266 Barkagaon None Kailash Pati Singh Janata Party
267 Ramgarh None Bishwanath Choudhary Janata Party
268 Mandu None Gopal Sharan Singh Janata Party
269 Hazaribagh None Rani De Janata Party
270 Barkatha None Sukhdeo Yadav Janata Party
271 Dhanwar None Harihar Narayan Prabhkar Janata Party
272 Bagodar None Gautam Sagar Rana Janata Party
273 Jamua SC Shukar Rawidas Janata Party
274 Gandey None Laxman Swarnkar Janata Party
275 Giridih None Chaturanan Mishra Communist Party of India
276 Dumri None Lalchand Mahto Janata Party
277 Gomia None Chharru Ram Mahto Janata Party
278 Bermo None Mithilesh Kumar Janata Party
279 Bokaro None Samresh Singh Independent
280 Tundi None Satya Narain Dudani Janata Party
281 Baghmara None Shankar Dayal Singh Indian National Congress
282 Sindri None Anand Mahto Independent
283 Nirsa None Kripa Shanker Chatterjee Independent
284 Dhanbad None Yogeshwar Prasad 'yogesh' Indian National Congress
285 Jharia None Surya Deo Singh Janata Party
286 Chandankiyari SC Ram Das Ram Indian National Congress
287 Baharagora None Bishna Pada Ghosh Indian National Congress
288 Ghatsila ST Tika Ram Majhi Communist Party of India
289 Potka ST Sanatan Sardar Janata Party
290 Jugsulai SC Kartik Kumar Janata Party
291 Jamshedpur East None Dina Nath Pandey Janata Party
292 Jamshedpur West None Mohd. Ayub Khan Janata Party
293 Ichagarh None Ghansyam Mahto Independent
294 Seraikella ST Kade Majhi Janata Party
295 Chaibasa ST Muktidani Sumbrui All India Jharkhand Party
296 Majhgaon ST Gowardhan Nayak Janata Party
297 Jaganathpur ST Barju Hansda Janata Party
298 Manoharpur ST Ratnakar Nayak Independent
299 Chakradharpur ST Jaganath Bakira Janata Party
300 Kharasawan ST Debi Lal Mati Soy Janata Party
301 Tamar ST Anirudh Patar Janata Party
302 Torpa ST Niral Enam Horo Jan Kranti Dal
303 Khunti ST Khudia Pahan Janata Party
304 Silli None Rajendra Singh Communist Party of India
305 Khijri ST Sukhari Oraon Janata Party
306 Ranchi None Nani Gopal Mitra Janata Party
307 Hatia None Subodh Kant Sahay Janata Party
308 Kanke SC Hira Ram Toofani Janata Party
309 Mandar ST Karam Chand Bhagat Indian National Congress
310 Sisai ST Lalit Oraon Janata Party
311 Kolebira ST Birsing Munda Jan Kranti Dal
312 Simdega ST Nirmal Kumar Besra Janata Party
313 Gumla ST Jayram Oraon Independent
314 Bishunpur ST Kartik Oraon Indian National Congress
315 Lohardaga ST Indranath Bhagat Indian National Congress
316 Latchar SC Ramdeo Janata Party
317 Manika ST Yamuna Singh Janata Party
318 Panki None Mohan Singh Janata Party
319 Daltonganj None Puran Chand Janata Party
320 Garhwa None Vinod N Dixit Janata Party
321 Bhawanathpur None Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri Janata Party
322 Bishrampur None Vinod Singh Independent
323 Chhatarpur SC Jorawar Ram Janata Party
324 Hussainabad None Harihar Singh Indian National Congress

References

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  1. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977". Elections in India. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  2. ^ "38-Year-Old Legacy Hangs Over Bihar Polls". IndiaSpend. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  3. ^ Louis, Arul B.; Chawla, Prabhu (March 15, 1980). "PM Indira Gandhi dismisses governments in nine states, looks to put Congress in power". India Today. Retrieved 2020-04-11.