1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 1977 Indian general election in Bihar.

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.

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 110 14
CM before election President's rule N/A Elected CM Karpoori Thakur JP

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	Party
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	Laxman Swarnkar		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