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{{Short description|Election in Bihar}}
{{For|Lok Sabha election|1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 1977 Indian general election in Bihar
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 1971 Indian general election in Bihar
|previous_year = 1971
|election_date =
|next_election = 1980 Indian general election in Bihar
|next_year = 1980
|seats_for_election = 54 seats to the [[Lok Sabha]]
|image1 =
|leader1 =
|party1 = [[Janata Party]]
|seats1 = 52
|image2 =
|leader2 =
|party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|seats2 = 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.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS.pdf |title=Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

==Results by Party==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Janata Party|JP]] / [[Bharatiya Lok Dal|BLD]]
| 1,35,63,737
| 64.98
| {{new}}
| 52
| 52
| {{new}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 47,81,142
| 22.90
| {{decrease}} 17.16
| 54
| 0
| {{decrease}} 39
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 11,75,153
| 5.63
| {{decrease}} 4.22
| 22
| 0
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Party|JHKP]]
| 1,26,288
| 0.60
| {{decrease}} 0.31
| 1
| 1
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 42,042
| 0.20
| {{decrease}} 0.56
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 2,25,872
| 1.08
| {{steady}}
| 21
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 9,60,672
| 4.60
| {{decrease}} 4.51
| 188
| 1
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 2,08,74,906
! 100%
! -
! 340
! 54
! -
|}

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

==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Department
!From
!To
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|rowspan="2"|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram (SC)]]
|Cabinet Minister
|Defence
|28 March 1977
|rowspan="2"|28 July 1979
|{{party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=6}}
|-
|colspan="2"|Deputy Prime Minister
|24 January 1979
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
|rowspan="2"|[[George Fernandes]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]
|rowspan="8"|Cabinet Minister
|Communications
|27 March 1977
|6 July 1977
|-
|Industry
|6 July 1977
|15 July 1979
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|rowspan="2"|Ravindra Varma
|rowspan="2"|Ranchi
|Parliamentary Affairs
|rowspan="2"|26 March 1977
|rowspan="2"|28 July 1979
|-
|Labour
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|rowspan="2"|Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
|rowspan="2"|Begusarai
|External Affairs
|28 July 1979
|rowspan="5"|14 January 1980
|{{party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|rowspan=5}}
|-
|Communications
|7 December 1979
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|Fazlur Rahman
|rowspan="2"|Bettiah
|Labour
|30 July 1979
|-
|Muslim Waqfs
|7 December 1979
|-
|6
|Dhanik Lal Mandal
|Jhanjharpur
|MoS
|Home Affairs
|30 July 1979
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS.pdf]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207153140/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lsbi.htm]

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1977 Indian general election in Bihar - Revision history

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