1977 Indian general election in Bihar

Template:For Template:Infobox electionThis 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
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
Template:Party color cell	JP / BLD			1,35,63,737	64.98	Template:New	52	52	Template:New
Template:Party color cell	INC			47,81,142	22.90	Template:Decrease 17.16	54	0	Template:Decrease 39
Template:Party color cell	CPI			11,75,153	5.63	Template:Decrease 4.22	22	0	Template:Decrease 5
Template:Party color cell	JHKP			1,26,288	0.60	Template:Decrease 0.31	1	1	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)			42,042	0.20	Template:Decrease 0.56	2	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Others			2,25,872	1.08	Template:Steady	21	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	IND			9,60,672	4.60	Template:Decrease 4.51	188	1	Template: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	Template:Party color cell	JP	138,443	50.43	Bhola Raut	Template:Party color cell	INC	97,755	35.61	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|40,688	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|14.82
2	Bettiah	50.38%	Fazlur Rahman	Template:Party color cell	JP	186,486	58.74	Kedar Pandey	Template:Party color cell	INC	90,158	28.40	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|96,328	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|30.34
3	Motihari	55.63%	Thakur Ramapati Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	167,732	46.71	Bibhuti Mishra	Template:Party color cell	INC	93,779	26.11	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|73,953	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|20.60
4	Gopalganj	63.11%	Dwarka Nath Tiwary	Template:Party color cell	JP	294,466	70.08	Abdul Ghafoor	Template:Party color cell	INC	121,474	28.91	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|172,992	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.17
5	Siwan	67.34%	Mrityunjay Prasad	Template:Party color cell	JP	325,030	74.87	Mohamad Yusuf	Template:Party color cell	INC	93,954	21.64	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|231,076	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|53.23
6	Maharajganj	65.70%	Ramdeo Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	345,781	77.96	Daroga Prasad Roy	Template:Party color cell	INC	93,883	21.17	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|251,898	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|56.79
7	Chapra	73.89%	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	JP	415,409	85.97	Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	41,609	8.61	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|373,800	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|77.36
8	Hajipur (SC)	77.07%	Ram Vilas Paswan	Template:Party color cell	JP	469,007	89.30	Baleshwar Ram	Template:Party color cell	INC	44,462	8.47	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|424,545	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|80.83
9	Vaishali	76.10%	Digvijay Narain Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	435,757	85.03	Nawal Kishore Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	70,260	13.71	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|365,497	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|71.32
10	Muzaffarpur	75.95%	George Fernandes	Template:Party color cell	JP	396,687	78.23	Nitishwer Prasad Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	62,470	12.32	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|334,217	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|65.91
11	Sitamarhi	69.81%	Shyam Sunder Das	Template:Party color cell	JP	261,321	52.49	Nagendra Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	INC	171,227	34.39	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|90,094	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|18.10
12	Sheohar	62.18%	Thakur Girjanandan Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	241,672	56.31	Hari Kishore Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	174,643	40.69	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|67,029	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.62
13	Madhubani	68.40%	Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	Template:Party color cell	JP	200,543	42.86	Bhogendra Jha	Template:Party color cell	CPI	143,422	30.65	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|57,121	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.21
14	Jhanjharpur	74.71%	Dhanik Lal Mandal	Template:Party color cell	JP	305,554	65.78	Jagannath Mishra	Template:Party color cell	INC	148,073	31.88	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|157,481	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33.90
15	Darbhanga	66.42%	Surendra Jha Suman	Template:Party color cell	JP	306,857	73.57	Radhanandan Jha	Template:Party color cell	INC	94,855	22.74	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|212,002	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|50.83
16	Rosera (SC)	69.07%	Ram Sewak Hazari	Template:Party color cell	JP	311,240	70.70	Ram Bhagat Paswan	Template:Party color cell	INC	116,734	26.52	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|194,506	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44.18
17	Samastipur	70.69%	Karpoori Thakur	Template:Party color cell	JP	401,935	78.22	Yamuna Prasad Mandal	Template:Party color cell	INC	74,501	14.50	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|327,434	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|63.72
18	Barh	72.02%	Shyam Sunder Gupta	Template:Party color cell	JP	372,227	75.94	Dharamvir Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	101,945	20.80	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|270,282	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|55.14
19	Balia	59.92%	Ramajiwan Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	146,772	39.25	Surya Narayan Singh	Template:Party color cell	CPI	99,140	26.51	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47,632	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|12.74
20	Saharsa	68.08%	Vinayak Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	JP	306,994	67.35	Chiranjib Jha	Template:Party color cell	INC	118,288	25.95	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|188,706	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.40
21	Madhepura	71.58%	B. P. Mandal	Template:Party color cell	JP	301,076	65.44	Rajendra Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	INC	100,359	21.81	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|200,717	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43.63
22	Araria (SC)	58.86%	Mahendra Narayan Sardar	Template:Party color cell	JP	221,829	65.36	Dumar Lal Baitha	Template:Party color cell	INC	113,295	33.38	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|108,534	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|31.98
23	Kishanganj	48.91%	Halimuddin Ahmed	Template:Party color cell	JP	168,175	58.58	Jamilur Rahman	Template:Party color cell	INC	88,045	30.67	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|80,130	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27.91
24	Purnea	59.73%	Lakhan Lal Kapoor	Template:Party color cell	JP	199,034	56.07	Madhuri Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	106,997	30.14	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|92,037	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|25.93
25	Katihar	60.17%	Yuvraj	Template:Party color cell	JP	215,074	69.41	Tariq Anwar	Template:Party color cell	INC	85,285	27.52	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|129,789	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|41.89
26	Rajmahal (ST)	39.95%	Anthony Murmu	Template:Party color cell	JP	148,677	68.15	Yofesh Chandra Murmu	Template:Party color cell	INC	56,191	25.76	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|92,486	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|42.39
27	Dumka (ST)	41.42%	Bateshwar Hemram	Template:Party color cell	JP	115,386	49.45	Prithiwichand Kisku	Template:Party color cell	INC	62,132	26.63	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|53,254	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|22.82
28	Godda	57.91%	Jagadambi Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	JP	250,749	70.01	Jagdish N. Mandal	Template:Party color cell	INC	91,758	25.62	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|158,991	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|44.39
29	Banka	55.14%	Limaye Madhu	Template:Party color cell	JP	239,550	71.14	Chandra Shekhar Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	78,866	23.42	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|160,684	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|47.72
30	Bhagalpur	63.65%	Dr. Ramji Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	304,791	71.74	Bhagalpur	Template:Party color cell	INC	120,073	28.26	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|184,718	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|43.48
31	Khagaria	63.14%	Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	JP	230,687	57.22	Jai N. Mehta	Template:Party color cell	INC	81,395	20.19	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|149,292	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|37.03
32	Monghyr	74.00%	Shri Krishna Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	337,791	66.15	Devendra Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	INC	164,174	32.15	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|173,617	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|34.00
33	Begusarai	63.22%	Shyam Nandan Mishra	Template:Party color cell	JP	185,382	44.48	Tarkeshri Sinha	Template:Party color cell	INC	150,154	36.03	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|35,228	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.45
34	Nalanda	71.63%	Birendra Prasad	Template:Party color cell	JP	284,684	54.06	Vijay Kumar Yadav	Template:Party color cell	CPI	143,662	27.28	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|141,022	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|26.78
35	Patna	68.02%	Maha Maya Prasad Sinha	Template:Party color cell	JP	382,363	76.61	Ramavatar Shastri	Template:Party color cell	CPI	59,238	11.87	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|323,125	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|64.74
36	Arrah	65.00%	Chandradeo Prasad Verma	Template:Party color cell	JP	323,913	70.67	Baliram Bhagat	Template:Party color cell	INC	113,036	24.66	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|210,877	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.01
37	Buxar	63.38%	Rama Nand Tiwary	Template:Party color cell	JP	286,418	65.04	Anant Prasad Sharma	Template:Party color cell	INC	82,705	18.78	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|203,713	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|46.26
38	Sasaram (SC)	64.98%	Jagjivan Ram	Template:Party color cell	JP	327,995	78.49	Mungeri Lall	Template:Party color cell	INC	84,185	20.15	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|243,810	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|58.34
39	Bikramganj	61.39%	Ram Awadhesh Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	248,578	59.57	Ram Subhag Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	96,827	23.21	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|151,751	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|36.36
40	Aurangabad	61.44%	Satyendra Narain Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	251,139	61.76	Ram Swaroop Yadav	Template:Party color cell	INC	130,692	32.14	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|120,447	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29.62
41	Jahanabad	66.44%	Hari Lal Prasad Sinha	Template:Party color cell	JP	317,954	64.85	Chandrika Prasad Yadav	Template:Party color cell	INC	66,984	13.66	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|250,970	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|51.19
42	Nawada (SC)	69.87%	Nathuni Ram	Template:Party color cell	JP	429,785	84.00	Mahabir Chaudhary	Template:Party color cell	INC	67,084	13.11	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|362,701	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|70.89
43	Gaya (SC)	69.29%	Ishwar Chaudhry	Template:Party color cell	JP	341,000	77.60	Mishri Sada	Template:Party color cell	INC	92,682	21.09	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|248,318	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|56.51
44	Chatra	47.97%	Sukdeo Prasad Verma	Template:Party color cell	JP	203,878	74.99	Shankar Dayal Singh	Template:Party color cell	INC	60,344	22.19	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|143,534	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|52.80
45	Kodarma	43.38%	Ritlal Prasad Verma	Template:Party color cell	JP	169,387	67.34	Chaplendu Bhattacharyyia	Template:Party color cell	INC	53,359	21.21	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|116,028	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|46.13
46	Giridih	50.03%	Ram Das Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	164,120	58.35	I. Ahmad	Template:Party color cell	INC	85,843	30.52	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|78,277	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|27.83
47	Dhanbad	45.39%	A. K. Roy	Template:Party color cell	IND	205,495	68.74	Ram Narain Sharma	Template:Party color cell	INC	63,646	21.29	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"|141,849	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"|47.45
48	Hazaribagh	47.73%	Basant Narain Singh	Template:Party color cell	JP	186,058	64.67	Damodar Pandey	Template:Party color cell	INC	44,941	15.62	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|141,117	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|49.05
49	Ranchi	47.84%	Ravindra Verma	Template:Party color cell	JP	130,938	49.02	Sheo Prasad Sahu	Template:Party color cell	INC	68,222	25.54	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|62,716	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|23.48
50	Jamshedpur	46.85%	Rudra Pratap Sarangi	Template:Party color cell	JP	131,419	50.16	V. G. Gopal	Template:Party color cell	INC	67,666	25.83	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|63,753	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|24.33
51	Singhbhum (ST)	34.46%	Bagun Sumbrai	Template:Party color cell	JKP	126,288	73.31	Moran Singh Purty	Template:Party color cell	INC	24,422	14.18	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|101,866	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|59.13
52	Khunti (ST)	33.93%	Kariya Munda	Template:Party color cell	JP	91,859	49.99	Nirel Mundu	Template:Party color cell	JKP	56,976	31.01	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|34,883	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|18.98
53	Lohardaga (ST)	45.74%	Laloo Oraon	Template:Party color cell	JP	142,274	56.93	Kartik Oraon	Template:Party color cell	INC	77,391	30.97	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|64,883	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|25.96
54	Palamau (SC)	45.80%	Ramdeni Ram	Template:Party color cell	JP	201,861	77.56	Kamla Kumari	Template:Party color cell	INC	39,022	14.99	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|162,839	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|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	Template:Party name with color
			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	Template:Party name with color
				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

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