1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1977 Bihar legislative assembly election
Legislative Assembly seats
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]

Results


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

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member
Dhanaha	None	Har Deo Prasad	Indian National Congress
Bagha	SC	Narsingh Baitha	Indian National Congress
Ramnagar	None	Arjun Bikram Shah	Indian National Congress
Shikarpur	SC	Sitaram Prasad	Indian National Congress
Sikta	None	Faiyazul Azam	Indian National Congress
Lauria	None	Vishwa Mohan Sharma	Indian National Congress
Chunpatia	None	Vir Singh	Janata Party
Bettiah	None	Gauri Shankar Pandey	Indian National Congress
Nautan	None	Kedar Pandey	Indian National Congress
Raxaul	None	Sagir Ahmad	Indian National Congress
Sugauli	None	Ramashray Singh	Communist Party of India
Motihari	None	Prabhawati Gupta	Indian National Congress
Adapur	None	Ram Prit Rai	Indian National Congress
Dhaka	None	Siyaram Thakur	Janata Party
Ghorasahan	None	Rajendra Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
Madhuban	None	Rup Lal Rai	Indian National Congress
Pipra	SC	Tulsi Ram	Communist Party of India
Kesariya	None	Pitambar Singh	Communist Party of India
Harsidhi	None	Yagul Kishore Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Gobindganj	None	Ramashankar Pandey	Indian National Congress
Kateya	None	Nagina Rai	Indian National Congress
Bhore	SC	Jamuna Ram	Janata Party
Mirganj	None	Bhavesh Chandra Prasad	Janata Party
Gopalganj	None	Radhika Devi	Janata Party
Barauli	None	Ahdul Ghafoor	Indian National Congress
Baikunthpur	None	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Janata Party
Basantpur	None	Vidya Bhaushan Singh	Janata Party
Goreakothi	None	Krishna Kant Singh	Indian National Congress
Siwan	None	Ghulam Sarwar	Janata Party
Mairwa	SC	Phulchand Ram	Janata Party
Darauli	None	Krishna Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
Ziradei	None	Raja Ram Choudhary	Indian National Congress
Maharajganj	None	Uma Shankar Singh	Janata Party
Raghunathpur	None	Bikram Kaur	Janata Party
Manjhi	None	Ram Bahadur Singh	Janata Party
Baniapur	None	Rama Kant Pandey	Janata Party
Masrakh	None	Krishnadeo Narain Singh	Janata Party
Taraiya	None	Dharam Nath Singh	Janata Party
Marhaura	None	Surya Singh	Janata Party
Jalalpur	None	Cameshwar Singh	Janata Party
Chapra	None	Mithlesh Kumar Singh	Janata Party
Garkha	SC	Muneshwar Choudhary	Janata Party
Parsa	None	Ramanand Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Sonepur	None	Ram Sunder Das	Janata Party
Hajipur	None	Jagannath Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Raghopur	None	Vabulal Shastri	Janata Party
Mahnar	None	Muneshwar Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Jandaha	None	Munshi Lal Ray	Janata Party
Patepur	SC	Paltan Ram	Janata Party
Mahua	SC	Phudeni Prasad	Janata Party
Lalganj	None	Arun Kumar Sinha	Janata Party
Vaishali	None	Nagendra Pd. Singh	Janata Party
Paru	None	Shyam Kumar Pd. Singh	Janata Party
Sahebganj	None	Bhagya Naraian Rai	Communist Party of India
Baruraj	None	Balendra Prasad Singh	Communist Party of India
Kanti	None	Thakur Pd. Singh	Janata Party
Kurhani	None	Sabhu Saran Shahi	Janata Party
Sakra	SC	Shivanandan Paswan	Janata Party
Muzaffarpur	None	Manjay Lal	Janata Party
Bochaha	SC	Kamal Paswan	Janata Party
Gaighatti	None	Vinodanand Singh	Janata Party
Aurai	None	Ganesh Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Minapur	None	Nagendra Pd. Singh	Janata Party
Runisaidpur	None	Nawal Kishore Sahi	Janata Party
Belsand	None	Raghubansh Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Sheohar	None	Raghunath Jha	Indian National Congress
Sitamarhi	None	Ram Sagar Prasad Yadav	Indian National Congress
Bathnaha	None	Suryadeo Rai	Indian National Congress
Majorganj	SC	Surendra Ram	Janata Party
Sonbarsa	None	Mahmud Alam	Indian National Congress
Sursand	None	Ram Charitra Rai Yadav	Indian National Congress
Pupri	None	Habib Ahmad	Janata Party
Benipatti	None	Tej Narayan Jha	Communist Party of India
Bisfi	None	Raj Kumar Purbey	Communist Party of India
Harlakhi	None	Baidya Nath Yadav	Communist Party of India
Khajauli	SC	Ram Karan Paswan	Janata Party
Babubarhi	None	Deo Narayan Yadav	Janata Party
Madhubani	None	Digambar Thakur	Janata Party
Pandaul	None	Siya Ram Yadav	Janata Party
Jhanjharpur	None	Jagannath Mishra	Indian National Congress
Phulparas	None	Devendra Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Laukaha	None	Kuldeo Goit	Indian National Congress
Madhepur	None	Radhanandan Jha	Indian National Congress
Manigachhi	None	Nagendra Jha	Indian National Congress
Bahera	None	Abdul Bari Siddiqui	Janata Party
Ghanshyampur	None	Mahavir Prasad	Janata Party
Baheri	None	Taj Narayan Yadav	Janata Party
Darbhanga Rural	SC	Jagadish Choudhary (kabirchak)	Janata Party
Darbhanga	None	Shivnath Verma	Janata Party
Keoti	None	Durga Das Rathaur	Janata Party
Jale	None	Kapildeo Thakur	Janata Party
Hayaghat	None	Anirudh Prasad	Janata Party
Kalyanpur	None	Bashishtha Narayan Singh	Janata Party
Warisnagar	SC	Pitamwar Paswan	Janata Party
Samastipur	None	Chandra Shekhar Singh	Janata Party
Sarairanjan	None	Yashoda Nand Singh	Janata Party
Mohiuddin Nagar	None	Premlata Rai	Janata Party
Dalsinghsarai	None	Yashwant Kumar Choudhary	Janata Party
Bibhutpur	None	Bandhu Mahto	Indian National Congress
Rosera	None	Prayag Mandal	Independent
Singhia	SC	Ramjatan Paswan	Communist Party of India
Hasanpur	None	Gajendra Prasad Himansu	Janata Party
Balia	None	Chand Chur Dev	Janata Party
Maithani	None	Sitaram Mishra	Communist Party of India
Begusarai	None	Bhola Singh	Indian National Congress
Barauni	None	Suryanarayan Singh	Communist Party of India
Bachwara	None	Ramdeo Rai	Indian National Congress
Cheria Bariarpur	None	Harihar Mahton	Indian National Congress
Bakhri	SC	Ram Chandra Paswan	Communist Party of India
Raghopur	None	Asesar Goit	Janata Party
Kishunpur	None	Baidhya Nath Mehta	Janata Party
Supaul	None	Amrendra Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Tribeniganj	None	Anup Lal Yadav	Janata Party
Chhatapur	SC	Sitaram Paswan	Janata Party
Kumarkhand	SC	Nawal Kishore Rishideo	Janata Party
Singheshwar	None	Dinbandhu Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Saharsa	None	Shankar Pd Tekriwal	Janata Party
Mahishi	None	Parmeshwar Kumar	Janata Party
Simri-bakhtiarpur	None	Choudhary Mohammad Salahuddin	Indian National Congress
Madhepura	None	Radha Kant Yadav	Janata Party
Sonbarsa	None	Ashok Kumar Singh	Janata Party
Kishanganj	None	Raj Nandan Prasad	Janata Party
Alamnagar	None	Birendra Kumar Singh	Janata Party
Rupauli	None	Shaligram Singh Tomar	Janata Party
Dhamdaha	None	Surya Narayan Singh Yadav	Janata Party
Banmankhi	SC	Balbodh Paswan	Janata Party
Raniganj	SC	Adhik Lal Paswan	Janata Party
Narpatganj	None	Janardan Yadav	Janata Party
Forbesganj	None	Saryu Mishra	Indian National Congress
Araria	None	Srideo Jha	Indian National Congress
Sikti	None	Md. Azim Uddin	Independent
Jokihat	None	Taslimuddin	Janata Party
Bahadurganj	None	Islamuddin Bagi	Janata Party
Thakurganj	None	Mohamad Sulemam	Janata Party
Kishanganj	None	Rafiqui Alam	Indian National Congress
Amour	None	Chandra Shekhar Jha	Janata Party
Baisi	None	Hasibur Rahman	Indian National Congress
Kasba	None	Jai Narayan Mehta	Indian National Congress
Purnea	None	Dev Nath Roy	Janata Party
Korha	SC	Sita Ram Das	Janata Party
Barari	None	Basudeo Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Katihar	None	Jagbandhu Adhikari	Janata Party
Kadwa	None	Khaja Sahid Hussain	Independent
Barsoi	None	Abu Nayeem Chand	Independent
Pranpur	None	Mahendra Narain Yadav	Janata Party
Manihari	None	Ram Siphai Yadav	Janata Party
Rajmahal	None	Dhruv Bhagat	Independent
Borio	ST	Benjamin Murmu	Janata Party
Barhait	ST	Parmeshwar Humbrom	Janata Party
Litipara	ST	Simon Marandi	Independent
Pakaur	None	Haji Md. Ainul Haque	Indian National Congress
Maheshpur	ST	Bishawnath Murmu	Janata Party
Sikaripara	ST	Babulal Kisku	Janata Party
Nala	None	Bisheswar Khan	Communist Party of India
Jamtara	None	Durga Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
Sarath	None	Chandra Mouleshwar Singh	Janata Party
Madhupur	None	Ajit Kumar Baneerjee	Janata Party
Deoghar	SC	Veena Rani	Janata Party
Jarmundi	None	Dip Nath Rai	Independent
Dumka	ST	Mahadeo Marandi	Janata Party
Jama	ST	Madan Besra	Indian National Congress
Poreyahat	None	Kamla Kant Pd. Sinha Urf Lallu	Janata Party
Godda	None	Lakhan Mahto	Janata Party
Mahagama	None	Sayeed	Janata Party
Pirpainti	None	Ambika Prasad	Communist Party of India
Colgong	None	Sadanand Singh	Indian National Congress
Nathnagar	None	Sudha Srivastava	Janata Party
Bhagalpur	None	Bijoy Kumar Mitra	Janata Party
Gopalpur	None	Mani Ram Singh	Communist Party of India
Bihpur	None	Sitaram Singh Azad	Communist Party of India
Sultanganj	None	Jageshwar Mandal	Janata Party
Amarpur	None	Janardhan Yadav	Janata Party
Dhuraiya	SC	Naresh Das	Communist Party of India
Banka	None	Sindheshwar Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Belhar	None	Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Katoria	None	Guneshwar Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Chakai	None	Phalguni Prasad Yadav	Independent
Jhajha	None	Sheonandan Jha	Janata Party
Tarapur	None	Kaushalaya Devi	Janata Party
Kharagpur	None	Shamesher Jang Bahadur Singh	Janata Party
Parbatta	None	Nayeem Akhtar	Independent
Chautham	None	Jagdambi Mandal	Independent
Khagaria	None	Ram Sharan Yadav	Independent
Alauli	SC	Pashupati Kumar Paras	Janata Party
Monghyr	None	Syed Jabir Hussain	Janata Party
Jamalpur	None	Suresh Kumar Singh	Janata Party
Surajgarha	None	Ramjee Prasad Mahta	Independent
Jamui	None	Tripurari Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Sikandra	SC	Nagina Chaudhary	Janata Party
Lakhisarai	None	Kapildeo Singh	Janata Party
Sheikhpura	None	Rajo Singh	Indian National Congress
Barbigha	SC	Nain Tara Dass	Janata Party
Asthawan	None	Indradeo Chaudhary	Independent
Bihar	None	Devnath Prasad	Communist Party of India
Rajgir	SC	Satyadeo Narain Arya	Janata Party
Nalanda	None	Shyam Sundar Prasad	Indian National Congress
Islampur	None	Krishna Vallabh Prasad Singh	Communist Party of India
Hilsa	None	Jagdish Prasad	Janata Party
Chandi	None	Hari Narain Singh	Janata Party
Harnaut	None	Bhola Prasad Singh	Independent
Mokameh	None	Krishna Shahi	Indian National Congress
Barh	None	Ranasheolakhapati Singh	Janata Party
Bakhtiarpur	None	Budhdeo Singh	Indian National Congress
Fatwa	SC	Kameshwar Paswan	Janata Party
Massaurhi	None	Ramdeo Prasad Yadav	Janata Party
Patna West	None	Thakur Prasad	Janata Party
Patna Central	None	Mohammad Shahabuddin	Janata Party
Patna East	None	Ramdeo Mahto	Janata Party
Dinapur	None	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	Indian National Congress
Maner	None	Suryadeo Singh	Janata Party
Phulwari	SC	Ram Prit Paswan	Janata Party
Bikram	None	Kailashpati Mishra	Janata Party
Paliganj	None	Kanhai Singh	Independent
Sandesh	None	Ram Dayal Singh	Janata Party
Barhara	None	Ambika Saran Singh	Janata Party
Arrah	None	Sumitra Devi	Janata Party
Shahpur	None	Jai Narain Mishra	Janata Party
Brahmpur	None	Ramakant Thakur	Janata Party
Buxar	None	Jagnarain Trivedi	Indian National Congress
Rajpur	SC	Nand Kishore Prasad	Janata Party
Dumraon	None	Ramashray Singh	Communist Party of India
Jagdishpur	None	Satya Narain Singh	Independent
Piro	None	Raghupati Gop	Janata Party
Sahar	SC	Dineshwar Prasad	Janata Party
Karakat	None	Tribhuwan Singh	Janata Party
Bikramganj	None	Ekhlak Ahmad	Janata Party
Dinara	None	Sheopujan Singh	Janata Party
Ramgarh	None	Sachidanand Singh	Janata Party
Mohania	SC	Ram Krishna Ram	Janata Party
Bhabhua	None	Shib Pariksha Singh	Janata Party
Chainpur	None	Lalmuni Chaubey	Janata Party
Sasaram	None	Bipin Bihari Sinha	Janata Party
Chenari	SC	Ram Bachan Paswan	Janata Party
Nokha	None	Gopal Narain Singh	Janata Party
Dehri	None	Basawan Singh	Janata Party
Nabinagar	None	Yugal Singh	Janata Party
Deo	SC	Ram Lagan Ram	Janata Party
Aurangabad	None	Ram Naresh Singh	Indian National Congress
Rafiganj	None	Md. Hussain Ansari	Janata Party
Obra	None	Ram Vilas Singh	Janata Party
Goh	None	Ram Saran Yadav	Communist Party of India
Arwal	None	Baneshwar Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Kurtha	None	Nagnani	Shoshit Samaj Dal
Makhdumpur	None	Ram Jatan Sinha	Janata Party
Jahanabad	None	Ram Chandra Yadav	Janata Party
Ghoshi	None	Jagdish Sharma	Janata Party
Balaganj	None	Shambhu Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Konch	None	Naresh Prasad Singh	Janata Party
Gaya Muffasil	None	Vijay Kumar Singh	Janata Party
Gaya Town	None	Sushila Sahay	Janata Party
Imamganj	SC	Ishwar Das	Janata Party
Gurua	None	Upendra Nath Verma	Janata Party
Bodh Gaya	SC	Rajesh Kumar	Janata Party
Barachatti	SC	Bhagwati Devi	Janata Party
Fatehpur	SC	Mohan Ram	Janata Party
Atri	None	Mundrika Singh	Janata Party
Nawada	None	Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi	Communist Party of India
Rajauli	SC	Babu Lal	Independent
Gobindpur	None	Bhatu Mahto	Janata Party
Warsaliganj	None	Ram Ratan Singh	Janata Party
Hisua	None	Babu Lal Singh	Janata Party
Kodarma	None	Vishwanath Modi	Janata Party
Barhi	None	Lalita Rajya Lakshmi	Janata Party
Chatra	None	S. Ahmad Sabr	Janata Party
Simaria	SC	Upendra Nath Das	Janata Party
Barkagaon	None	Kailash Pati Singh	Janata Party
Ramgarh	None	Bishwanath Choudhary	Janata Party
Mandu	None	Gopal Sharan Singh	Janata Party
Hazaribagh	None	Rani De	Janata Party
Barkatha	None	Sukhdeo Yadav	Janata Party
Dhanwar	None	Harihar Narayan Prabhkar	Janata Party
Bagodar	None	Gautam Sagar Rana	Janata Party
Jamua	SC	Shukar Rawidas	Janata Party
Gandey	None	Lakshman Swarankar	Janata Party
Giridih	None	Chaturanan Mishra	Communist Party of India
Dumri	None	Lalchand Mahto	Janata Party
Gomia	None	Chharru Ram Mahto	Janata Party
Bermo	None	Mithilesh Kumar	Janata Party
Bokaro	None	Samresh Singh	Independent
Tundi	None	Satya Narain Dudani	Janata Party
Baghmara	None	Shankar Dayal Singh	Indian National Congress
Sindri	None	Anand Mahto	Independent
Nirsa	None	Kripa Shanker Chatterjee	Independent
Dhanbad	None	Yogeshwar Prasad 'yogesh'	Indian National Congress
Jharia	None	Surya Deo Singh	Janata Party
Chandankiyari	SC	Ram Das Ram	Indian National Congress
Baharagora	None	Bishna Pada Ghosh	Indian National Congress
Ghatsila	ST	Tika Ram Majhi	Communist Party of India
Potka	ST	Sanatan Sardar	Janata Party
Jugsulai	SC	Kartik Kumar	Janata Party
Jamshedpur East	None	Dina Nath Pandey	Janata Party
Jamshedpur West	None	Mohd. Ayub Khan	Janata Party
Ichagarh	None	Ghansyam Mahto	Independent
Seraikella	ST	Kade Majhi	Janata Party
Chaibasa	ST	Muktidani Sumbrui	All India Jharkhand Party
Majhgaon	ST	Gowardhan Nayak	Janata Party
Jaganathpur	ST	Barju Hansda	Janata Party
Manoharpur	ST	Ratnakar Nayak	Independent
Chakradharpur	ST	Jaganath Bakira	Janata Party
Kharasawan	ST	Debi Lal Mati Soy	Janata Party
Tamar	ST	Anirudh Patar	Janata Party
Torpa	ST	Niral Enam Horo	Jan Kranti Dal
Khunti	ST	Khudia Pahan	Janata Party
Silli	None	Rajendra Singh	Communist Party of India
Khijri	ST	Sukhari Oraon	Janata Party
Ranchi	None	Nani Gopal Mitra	Janata Party
Hatia	None	Subodh Kant Sahay	Janata Party
Kanke	SC	Hira Ram Toofani	Janata Party
Mandar	ST	Karam Chand Bhagat	Indian National Congress
Sisai	ST	Lalit Oraon	Janata Party
Kolebira	ST	Birsing Munda	Jan Kranti Dal
Simdega	ST	Nirmal Kumar Besra	Janata Party
Gumla	ST	Jayram Oraon	Independent
Bishnupur	ST	Kartik Oraon	Indian National Congress
Lohardaga	ST	Indranath Bhagat	Indian National Congress
Latchar	SC	Ramdeo	Janata Party
Manika	ST	Yamuna Singh	Janata Party
Panki	None	Mohan Singh	Janata Party
Daltonganj	None	Puran Chand	Janata Party
Garhwa	None	Vinod N.dixit	Janata Party
Bhawanathpur	None	Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri	Janata Party
Bishrampur	None	Vinod Singh	Independent
Chhatarpur	SC	Jorawar Ram	Janata Party
Hussainabad	None	Harihar Singh	Indian National Congress

References

"Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977". Elections in India. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
"38-Year-Old Legacy Hangs Over Bihar Polls". IndiaSpend. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
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.

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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.