1977
1971196719621957Total Constituencies: 56
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 1977 covered all 56 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The BLD received the highest statewide vote share at 64.28% and won 52 seats, while the INC received 23.14% of the vote and won 1 seats. The CPI won 0 seats with 5.55% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLD | 54 | 52 | 64.28% | 65.74% | 1,36,06,806 |
| 56 | 1 | 23.14% | 23.14% | 48,98,292 | |
| 22 | 0 | 5.55% | 13.18% | 11,75,153 | |
| IND | 53 | 1 | 4.60% | 4.81% | 9,74,751 |
| JKP | 1 | 1 | 0.60% | 73.31% | 1,26,288 |
| MAG | 2 | 1 | 0.56% | 40.52% | 1,18,748 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha (Sc) | Jagannath Prasad | BLD | 1,38,443 | Bhola Raut | INC | 97,755 | 40,688 | 14.82 |
| Bettiah | Fazlur Rahman | BLD | 1,86,486 | Kedar Pandey | INC | 90,158 | 96,328 | 30.34 |
| Motihari | Thakur Rampati Singh | BLD | 1,67,732 | Bibhuti Mishra | INC | 93,779 | 73,953 | 20.6 |
| Gopalganj | Dwarikanath Tiwary | BLD | 2,94,466 | Abdul Ghafoor | INC | 1,21,474 | 1,72,992 | 41.17 |
| Siwan | Mirtanjay Prasad Verma | BLD | 3,25,030 | Mohamad Yusuf | INC | 93,954 | 2,31,076 | 53.23 |
| Maharajganj | Ram Deo Singh | BLD | 3,45,781 | Daroga Prasad Roy | INC | 93,883 | 2,51,898 | 56.79 |
| Chapra | Lalu Prasad | BLD | 4,15,409 | Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh | INC | 41,609 | 3,73,800 | 77.36 |
| Hajipur (Sc) | Ram Vilas Paswan | BLD | 4,69,007 | Baleshwar Ram | INC | 44,462 | 4,24,545 | 80.83 |
| Vaishali | Digvijoy Narain Singh | BLD | 4,35,757 | Nawal Kishore Singh | INC | 70,260 | 3,65,497 | 71.32 |
| Muzaffarpur | George Fernandes | BLD | 3,96,687 | Nitishwer Prasad Singh | INC | 62,470 | 3,34,217 | 65.91 |
| Sitamarhi | Shyam Sunder Das | BLD | 2,61,321 | Nagendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 1,71,227 | 90,094 | 18.1 |
| Sheohar | Thakur Girjanandan Singh | BLD | 2,41,672 | Hari Kishore Singh | INC | 1,74,643 | 67,029 | 15.62 |
| Madhubani | Hukmdeo Narain Yadav | BLD | 2,00,543 | Bhogendra Jha | CPI | 1,43,422 | 57,121 | 12.21 |
| Jhanjharpur | Dhanik Lal Mandal | BLD | 3,05,554 | Jagannath Mishra | INC | 1,48,073 | 1,57,481 | 33.9 |
| Darbhanga | Surendra Jha Suman | BLD | 3,06,857 | Radhanandan Jha | INC | 94,855 | 2,12,002 | 50.83 |
| Rosera (Sc) | Ram Sewak Hazari | BLD | 3,11,240 | Ram Bhagat Paswan | INC | 1,16,734 | 1,94,506 | 44.18 |
| Samastipur | Karpoori Thakur | BLD | 4,01,935 | Yamuna Prasad Mandal | INC | 74,501 | 3,27,434 | 63.72 |
| Barh | Shyam Sunder Gupta | BLD | 3,72,227 | Dharamvir Singh | INC | 1,01,945 | 2,70,282 | 55.14 |
| Balia | Ramajiwan Singh | BLD | 1,46,772 | Surya Narayan Singh | CPI | 99,140 | 47,632 | 12.74 |
| Saharsa | Vinayak Prasad Yadav | BLD | 3,06,994 | Chiranjib Jha | INC | 1,18,288 | 1,88,706 | 41.4 |
| Madhepura | Bindhyeshwari Prasad Mandal | BLD | 3,01,076 | Rajendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 1,00,359 | 2,00,717 | 43.63 |
| Araria (Sc) | Mahendra Narayan Sardar | BLD | 2,21,829 | Dumar Lal Baitha | INC | 1,13,295 | 1,08,534 | 31.98 |
| Kishanganj | Halimuddin Ahmed | BLD | 1,68,175 | Jamilur Rahman | INC | 88,045 | 80,130 | 27.91 |
| Purnea | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | BLD | 1,99,034 | Madhuri Singh | INC | 1,06,997 | 92,037 | 25.93 |
| Katihar | Yuvraj | BLD | 2,15,074 | Shah Mohammad Tarique 'Anwar' | INC | 85,285 | 1,29,789 | 41.89 |
| Rajmahal (St) | Father Anthoni Murmu | BLD | 1,48,677 | Yofesh Chandra Murmu | INC | 56,191 | 92,486 | 42.39 |
| Dumka (St) | Bateshwar Hemram | BLD | 1,15,386 | Prithiwichand Kisku | INC | 62,132 | 53,254 | 22.82 |
| Godda | Jagdambi Prasad Yadav | BLD | 2,50,749 | Jagdish N. Mandal | INC | 91,758 | 1,58,991 | 44.39 |
| Banka | Limaye Madhu | BLD | 2,39,550 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | INC | 78,866 | 1,60,684 | 47.72 |
| Bhagalpur | Dr. Ramji Singh | BLD | 3,04,791 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | INC | 1,20,073 | 1,84,718 | 43.48 |
| Khagaria | Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav | BLD | 2,30,687 | Jai N. Mehta | INC | 81,395 | 1,49,292 | 37.03 |
| Monghyr | Shri Krishna Singh | BLD | 3,37,791 | Devendra Prasad Yadav | INC | 1,64,174 | 1,73,617 | 34 |
| Begusarai | Shyam Nandan Mishra | BLD | 1,85,382 | Tarkeshri Sinha | INC | 1,50,154 | 35,228 | 8.45 |
| Nalanda | Birendra Prasad | BLD | 2,84,684 | Vijay Kumar Yadav | CPI | 1,43,662 | 1,41,022 | 26.78 |
| Patna | Maha Maya Prasad Sinha | BLD | 3,82,363 | Ramavatar Shastri | CPI | 59,238 | 3,23,125 | 64.74 |
| Arrah | Chandradeo Prasad Verma | BLD | 3,23,913 | Baliram Bhagat | INC | 1,13,036 | 2,10,877 | 46.01 |
| Buxar | Rama Nand Tiwary | BLD | 2,86,418 | Anant Prasad Sharma | INC | 82,705 | 2,03,713 | 46.26 |
| Sasaram (Sc) | Jagivan Ram | BLD | 3,27,995 | Mungeri Lall | INC | 84,185 | 2,43,810 | 58.34 |
| Bikramganj | Ram Awadhesh Singh | BLD | 2,48,578 | Ram Subhag Singh | INC | 96,827 | 1,51,751 | 36.36 |
| Aurangabad | Satyendra Narain Singh | BLD | 2,51,139 | Ram Swaroop Yadav | INC | 1,30,692 | 1,20,447 | 29.62 |
| Jahanabad | Hari Lal Prasad Sinha | BLD | 3,17,954 | Chandrika Prasad Yadav | INC | 66,984 | 2,50,970 | 51.19 |
| Nawada (Sc) | Nathuni Ram | BLD | 4,29,785 | Mahabir Chaudhary | INC | 67,084 | 3,62,701 | 70.89 |
| Gaya (Sc) | Ishwar Chaudhry | BLD | 3,41,000 | Mishri Sada | INC | 92,682 | 2,48,318 | 56.51 |
| Chatra | Sukdeo Prasad Verma | BLD | 2,03,878 | Shankar Dayal Singh | INC | 60,344 | 1,43,534 | 52.8 |
| Kodarma | Ritlal Prasad Verma | BLD | 1,69,387 | Chaplendu Bhattacharyyia | INC | 53,359 | 1,16,028 | 46.13 |
| Giridih | Ram Das Singh | BLD | 1,64,120 | I. Ahmad | INC | 85,843 | 78,277 | 27.83 |
| Dhanbad | A. K. Roy | IND | 2,05,495 | Ram Narain Sharma | INC | 63,646 | 1,41,849 | 47.45 |
| Hazaribagh | Kunwar Basant Narain Singh | BLD | 1,86,058 | Damodar Pandey | INC | 44,941 | 1,41,117 | 49.05 |
| Ranchi | Ravindra Verma | BLD | 1,30,938 | Sheo Prasad Sahu | INC | 68,222 | 62,716 | 23.48 |
| Jamshedpur | Rudra Pratap Sarangi | BLD | 1,31,419 | V. G. Gopal | INC | 67,666 | 63,753 | 24.33 |
| Singhbhum (St) | Bagun Sumbrui | JKP | 1,26,288 | Moran Singh Purty | INC | 24,422 | 1,01,866 | 59.13 |
| Khunti (St) | Karia Munda | BLD | 91,859 | Nirel Mundu | JKD | 56,976 | 34,883 | 18.98 |
| Lohardaga (St) | Lalu Oraon | BLD | 1,42,274 | Kartik Oraon | INC | 77,391 | 64,883 | 25.96 |
| Palamau (Sc) | Ramdeni Ram | BLD | 2,01,861 | Kamla Kumari | INC | 39,022 | 1,62,839 | 62.57 |
| Panaji | Kasar Amrut Shivram | MAG | 66,933 | Kakodkar Purushottam Keshav | INC | 55,867 | 11,066 | 7.32 |
| Mormugao | Faleiro Eduardo Martinho | INC | 61,283 | Ribeiro Dionisio Francisco | MAG | 51,815 | 9,468 | 6.67 |
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