1977 Indian general election in Bihar

Election in Bihar Lok Sabha election 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election 1977 Indian general election in Bihar India parliamentary 1971 Indian general election in Bihar 1971 1980 Indian general election in Bihar 1980 54 seats to the Lok Sabha Janata Party 52 INC 0This 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. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS.pdf Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha Election Commission of India Results by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− Janata PartyJP / BLD 1,35,63,737 64.98 52 52 Indian National CongressINC 47,81,142 22.90 17.16 54 0 39 Communist Party of IndiaCPI 11,75,153 5.63 4.22 22 0 5 Jharkhand PartyJHKP 1,26,288 0.60 0.31 1 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 42,042 0.20 0.56 2 0 Other Others 2,25,872 1.08 21 0 Independent (politician) IND 9,60,672 4.60 4.51 188 1 Total 2,08,74,906 100% - 340 54 - Results by Constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Poll % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bagaha (SC)46.51%Jagannath PrasadJanata PartyJP138,44350.43Bhola RautIndian National CongressINC97,75535.6140,68814.822Bettiah50.38%Fazlur RahmanJanata PartyJP186,48658.74Kedar PandeyIndian National CongressINC90,15828.4096,32830.343Motihari55.63%Thakur Ramapati SinghJanata PartyJP167,73246.71Bibhuti MishraIndian National CongressINC93,77926.1173,95320.604Gopalganj63.11%Dwarka Nath TiwaryJanata PartyJP294,46670.08Abdul GhafoorIndian National CongressINC121,47428.91172,99241.175Siwan67.34%Mrityunjay PrasadJanata PartyJP325,03074.87Mohamad YusufIndian National CongressINC93,95421.64231,07653.236Maharajganj65.70%Ramdeo SinghJanata PartyJP345,78177.96Daroga Prasad RoyIndian National CongressINC93,88321.17251,89856.797Chapra73.89%Lalu Prasad YadavJanata PartyJP415,40985.97Ram Shekhar Prasad SinghIndian National CongressINC41,6098.61373,80077.368Hajipur (SC)77.07%Ram Vilas PaswanJanata PartyJP469,00789.30Baleshwar RamIndian National CongressINC44,4628.47424,54580.839Vaishali76.10%Digvijay Narain SinghJanata PartyJP435,75785.03Nawal Kishore SinghIndian National CongressINC70,26013.71365,49771.3210Muzaffarpur75.95%George FernandesJanata PartyJP396,68778.23Nitishwer Prasad SinghIndian National CongressINC62,47012.32334,21765.9111Sitamarhi69.81%Shyam Sunder DasJanata PartyJP261,32152.49Nagendra Prasad YadavIndian National CongressINC171,22734.3990,09418.1012Sheohar62.18%Thakur Girjanandan SinghJanata PartyJP241,67256.31Hari Kishore SinghIndian National CongressINC174,64340.6967,02915.6213Madhubani68.40%Hukmdev Narayan YadavJanata PartyJP200,54342.86Bhogendra JhaCommunist Party of IndiaCPI143,42230.6557,12112.2114Jhanjharpur74.71%Dhanik Lal MandalJanata PartyJP305,55465.78Jagannath MishraIndian National CongressINC148,07331.88157,48133.9015Darbhanga66.42%Surendra Jha SumanJanata PartyJP306,85773.57Radhanandan JhaIndian National CongressINC94,85522.74212,00250.8316Rosera (SC)69.07%Ram Sewak HazariJanata PartyJP311,24070.70Ram Bhagat PaswanIndian National CongressINC116,73426.52194,50644.1817Samastipur70.69%Karpoori ThakurJanata PartyJP401,93578.22Yamuna Prasad MandalIndian National CongressINC74,50114.50327,43463.7218Barh72.02%Shyam Sunder GuptaJanata PartyJP372,22775.94Dharamvir SinghIndian National CongressINC101,94520.80270,28255.1419Balia59.92%Ramajiwan SinghJanata PartyJP146,77239.25Surya Narayan SinghCommunist Party of IndiaCPI99,14026.5147,63212.7420Saharsa68.08%Vinayak Prasad YadavJanata PartyJP306,99467.35Chiranjib JhaIndian National CongressINC118,28825.95188,70641.4021Madhepura71.58%B. P. MandalJanata PartyJP301,07665.44Rajendra Prasad YadavIndian National CongressINC100,35921.81200,71743.6322Araria (SC)58.86%Mahendra Narayan SardarJanata PartyJP221,82965.36Dumar Lal BaithaIndian National CongressINC113,29533.38108,53431.9823Kishanganj48.91%Halimuddin AhmedJanata PartyJP168,17558.58Jamilur RahmanIndian National CongressINC88,04530.6780,13027.9124Purnea59.73%Lakhan Lal KapoorJanata PartyJP199,03456.07Madhuri Singh Indian National CongressINC106,99730.1492,03725.9325Katihar60.17%YuvrajJanata PartyJP215,07469.41Tariq AnwarIndian National CongressINC85,28527.52129,78941.8926Rajmahal (ST)39.95%Anthony MurmuJanata PartyJP148,67768.15Yofesh Chandra MurmuIndian National CongressINC56,19125.7692,48642.3927Dumka (ST)41.42%Bateshwar HemramJanata PartyJP115,38649.45Prithiwichand KiskuIndian National CongressINC62,13226.6353,25422.8228Godda57.91%Jagadambi Prasad YadavJanata PartyJP250,74970.01Jagdish N. MandalIndian National CongressINC91,75825.62158,99144.3929Banka55.14% Madhu LimayeJanata PartyJP239,55071.14Chandra Shekhar SinghIndian National CongressINC78,86623.42160,68447.7230Bhagalpur63.65%Dr. Ramji SinghJanata PartyJP304,79171.74BhagalpurIndian National CongressINC120,07328.26184,71843.4831Khagaria63.14%Gyaneshwar Prasad YadavJanata PartyJP230,68757.22Jai N. MehtaIndian National CongressINC81,39520.19149,29237.0332Monghyr74.00%Shri Krishna SinghJanata PartyJP337,79166.15Devendra Prasad YadavIndian National CongressINC164,17432.15173,61734.0033Begusarai63.22%Shyam Nandan MishraJanata PartyJP185,38244.48Tarkeshri Sinha Indian National CongressINC150,15436.0335,2288.4534Nalanda71.63%Birendra PrasadJanata PartyJP284,68454.06Vijay Kumar YadavCommunist Party of IndiaCPI143,66227.28141,02226.7835Patna68.02%Maha Maya Prasad SinhaJanata PartyJP382,36376.61Ramavatar ShastriCommunist Party of IndiaCPI59,23811.87323,12564.7436Arrah65.00%Chandradeo Prasad VermaJanata PartyJP323,91370.67Baliram BhagatIndian National CongressINC113,03624.66210,87746.0137Buxar63.38%Rama Nand TiwaryJanata PartyJP286,41865.04Anant Prasad SharmaIndian National CongressINC82,70518.78203,71346.2638Sasaram (SC)64.98%Jagjivan RamJanata PartyJP327,99578.49Mungeri LallIndian National CongressINC84,18520.15243,81058.3439Bikramganj61.39%Ram Awadhesh SinghJanata PartyJP248,57859.57Ram Subhag SinghIndian National CongressINC96,82723.21151,75136.3640Aurangabad61.44%Satyendra Narain SinghJanata PartyJP251,13961.76Ram Swaroop YadavIndian National CongressINC130,69232.14120,44729.6241Jahanabad66.44%Hari Lal Prasad SinhaJanata PartyJP317,95464.85Chandrika Prasad YadavIndian National CongressINC66,98413.66250,97051.1942Nawada (SC)69.87%Nathuni RamJanata PartyJP429,78584.00Mahabir ChaudharyIndian National CongressINC67,08413.11362,70170.8943Gaya (SC)69.29%Ishwar ChaudhryJanata PartyJP341,00077.60Mishri SadaIndian National CongressINC92,68221.09248,31856.5144Chatra47.97%Sukdeo Prasad VermaJanata PartyJP203,87874.99Shankar Dayal SinghIndian National CongressINC60,34422.19143,53452.8045Kodarma43.38%Ritlal Prasad VermaJanata PartyJP169,38767.34Chaplendu BhattacharyyiaIndian National CongressINC53,35921.21116,02846.1346Giridih50.03%Ram Das SinghJanata PartyJP164,12058.35I. AhmadIndian National CongressINC85,84330.5278,27727.8347Dhanbad45.39%A. K. RoyIndependentIND205,49568.74Ram Narain SharmaIndian National CongressINC63,64621.29141,84947.4548Hazaribagh47.73%Basant Narain SinghJanata PartyJP186,05864.67Damodar PandeyIndian National CongressINC44,94115.62141,11749.0549Ranchi47.84%Ravindra VermaJanata PartyJP130,93849.02Sheo Prasad SahuIndian National CongressINC68,22225.5462,71623.4850Jamshedpur46.85%Rudra Pratap SarangiJanata PartyJP131,41950.16V. G. GopalIndian National CongressINC67,66625.8363,75324.3351Singhbhum (ST)34.46%Bagun SumbraiJharkhand PartyJKP126,28873.31Moran Singh PurtyIndian National CongressINC24,42214.18101,86659.1352Khunti (ST)33.93%Kariya MundaJanata PartyJP91,85949.99Nirel MunduJharkhand PartyJKP56,97631.0134,88318.9853Lohardaga (ST)45.74%Laloo OraonJanata PartyJP142,27456.93Kartik OraonIndian National CongressINC77,39130.9764,88325.9654Palamau (SC)45.80%Ramdeni RamJanata PartyJP201,86177.56Kamla KumariIndian National CongressINC39,02214.99162,83962.57 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Jagjivan RamSasaram (SC)Cabinet MinisterDefence28 March197728 July1979Janata Party 6Deputy Prime Minister24 January19792George FernandesMuzaffarpurCabinet MinisterCommunications27 March19776 July1977Industry6 July197715 July19793Ravindra VarmaRanchiParliamentary Affairs26 March197728 July1979Labour4Shyam Nandan Prasad MishraBegusaraiExternal Affairs28 July197914 January1980Janata Party (Secular) 5Communications7 December19795Fazlur RahmanBettiahLabour30 July1979Muslim Waqfs7 December19796Dhanik Lal MandalJhanjharpurMoSHome Affairs30 July1979 References External links Bihar Category:Indian general elections in Bihar Category:1970s in Bihar