Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1977
54 constituencies in Bihar, 59.65% turnout.
Seats
54
Candidates
340
9 women, 0 elected
Turnout
59.65%
2.09 cr of 3.5 cr
Leading party
BLD
52 of 54 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Bihar
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLDBharatiya Lok Dal | 52 | +52 | 52 | 1,35,63,737 | 64.98% | — |
| INDIndependent | 1 | 0 | 188 | 9,60,672 | 4.60% | -4.50 |
| JKPJKP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,26,288 | 0.60% | -0.30 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 0 | -39 | 54 | 47,81,142 | 22.90% | -17.16 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | -5 | 22 | 11,75,153 | 5.63% | -4.22 |
| JKDJKD | 0 | 0 | 6 | 93,692 | 0.45% | — |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84,060 | 0.40% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42,042 | 0.20% | -0.56 |
| PHJPHJ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27,116 | 0.13% | -0.32 |
| SUCSUC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14,651 | 0.07% | -0.02 |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,211 | 0.02% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,142 | 0.01% | -0.26 |
- BLD52 (96%)
- IND1 (2%)
- JKP1 (2%)
- BLD52
- IND1
- JKP1
- BLD52
- IND1
- JKP1
Constituency performance
From the 54 results in Bihar
Closest contest
BEGUSARAI
won by 35,228 (8.45%)
Biggest victory
HAJIPUR
won by 4,24,545 (80.84%)
Highest turnout
HAJIPUR
76.45%
Lowest turnout
KHUNTI
32.78%
Seat change
Against Bihar's previous Lok Sabha election (1971), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat54 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 54 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Bihar, every Lok Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- BLD
- IND
- JKP
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 54 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 54
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARARIA | BLDMAHENDRA NARAYAN SARDAR | INCDUMAR LAL BAITHA | 1,08,53431.98% | 57.5% |
| ARRAH | BLDCHANDRADEO PRASAD VERMA | INCBALIRAM BHAGAT | 2,10,87746.01% | 63.9% |
| AURANGABAD | BLDSATYENDRA NARAIN SINGH | INCRAM SWAROOP YADAV | 1,20,44729.62% | 60.2% |
| BAGAHA | BLDJAGANNATH PRASAD | INCBHOLA RAUT | 40,68814.82% | 45.6% |
| BALIA | BLDRAMAJIWAN SINGH | CPISURYA NARAYAN SINGH | 47,63212.74% | 58.5% |
| BANKA | BLDLIMAYE MADHU | INCCHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH | 1,60,68447.72% | 53.9% |
| BARH | BLDSHYAM SUNDER GUPTA | INCDHARAMVIR SINGH | 2,70,28255.15% | 70.9% |
| BEGUSARAI | BLDSHYAM NANDAN MISHRA | INCTARKESHRI SINHA | 35,2288.45% | 61.8% |
| BETTIAH | BLDFAZLUR RAHMAN | INCKEDAR PANDEY | 96,32830.34% | 49.5% |
| BHAGALPUR | BLDDR. RAMJI SINGH | INCBHAGWAT JHA AZAD | 1,84,71843.48% | 62.2% |
| BIKRAMGANJ | BLDRAM AWADHESH SINGH | INCRAM SUBHAG SINGH | 1,51,75136.37% | 60.2% |
| BUXAR | BLDRAMA NAND TIWARY | INCANANT PRASAD SHARMA | 2,03,71346.26% | 62.5% |
| CHAPRA | BLDLALU PRASAD | INCRAM SHEKHAR PRASAD SINGH | 3,73,80077.36% | 73.3% |
| CHATRA | BLDSUKDEO PRASAD VERMA | INCSHANKAR DAYAL SINGH | 1,43,53452.79% | 46.8% |
| DARBHANGA | BLDSURENDRA JHA SUMAN | INCRADHANANDAN JHA | 2,12,00250.83% | 65.6% |
| DHANBAD | INDA. K. ROY | INCRAM NARAIN SHARMA | 1,41,84947.45% | 44.3% |
| DUMKA | BLDBATESHWAR HEMRAM | INCPRITHIWICHAND KISKU | 53,25422.82% | 40.3% |
| GAYA | BLDISHWAR CHAUDHRY | INCMISHRI SADA | 2,48,31856.51% | 68.4% |
| GIRIDIH | BLDRAM DAS SINGH | INCI. AHMAD | 78,27727.83% | 48.4% |
| GODDA | BLDJAGDAMBI PRASAD YADAV | INCJAGDISH N. MANDAL | 1,58,99144.39% | 56.8% |
| GOPALGANJ | BLDDWARIKANATH TIWARY | INCABDUL GHAFOOR | 1,72,99241.17% | 62.3% |
| HAJIPUR | BLDRAM VILAS PASWAN | INCBALESHWAR RAM | 4,24,54580.84% | 76.5% |
| HAZARIBAGH | BLDKUNWAR BASANT NARAIN SINGH | INCDAMODAR PANDEY | 1,41,11749.05% | 46.5% |
| JAHANABAD | BLDHARI LAL PRASAD SINHA | INCCHANDRIKA PRASAD YADAV | 2,50,97051.19% | 65.2% |
| JAMSHEDPUR | BLDRUDRA PRATAP SARANGI | INCV. G. GOPAL | 63,75324.33% | 45.5% |
| JHANJHARPUR | BLDDHANIK LAL MANDAL | INCJAGANNATH MISHRA | 1,57,48133.90% | 73.8% |
| KATIHAR | BLDYUVRAJ | INCSHAH MOHAMMAD TARIQUE 'ANWAR' | 1,29,78941.89% | 58.7% |
| KHAGARIA | BLDGYANESHWAR PRASAD YADAV | INCJAI N. MEHTA | 1,49,29237.03% | 61.7% |
| KHUNTI | BLDKARIA MUNDA | JKDNIREL MUNDU | 34,88318.98% | 32.8% |
| KISHANGANJ | BLDHALIMUDDIN AHMED | INCJAMILUR RAHMAN | 80,13027.91% | 47.9% |
| KODARMA | BLDRITLAL PRASAD VERMA | INCCHAPLENDU BHATTACHARYYIA | 1,16,02846.13% | 41.7% |
| LOHARDAGA | BLDLALU ORAON | INCKARTIK ORAON | 64,88325.96% | 44.1% |
| MADHEPURA | BLDBINDHYESHWARI PRASAD MANDAL | INCRAJENDRA PRASAD YADAV | 2,00,71743.63% | 70.2% |
| MADHUBANI | BLDHUKMDEO NARAIN YADAV | CPIBHOGENDRA JHA | 57,12112.21% | 67.3% |
| MAHARAJGANJ | BLDRAM DEO SINGH | INCDAROGA PRASAD ROY | 2,51,89856.79% | 65.0% |
| MONGHYR | BLDSHRI KRISHNA SINGH | INCDEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV | 1,73,61734.00% | 73.0% |
| MOTIHARI | BLDTHAKUR RAMPATI SINGH | INCBIBHUTI MISHRA | 73,95320.59% | 54.5% |
| MUZAFFARPUR | BLDGEORGE FERNANDES | INCNITISHWER PRASAD SINGH | 3,34,21765.91% | 75.1% |
| NALANDA | BLDBIRENDRA PRASAD | CPIVIJAY KUMAR YADAV | 1,41,02226.78% | 70.3% |
| NAWADA | BLDNATHUNI RAM | INCMAHABIR CHAUDHARY | 3,62,70170.89% | 69.0% |
| PALAMAU | BLDRAMDENI RAM | INCKAMLA KUMARI | 1,62,83962.57% | 44.9% |
| PATNA | BLDMAHA MAYA PRASAD SINHA | CPIRAMAVATAR SHASTRI | 3,23,12564.74% | 67.0% |
| PURNEA | BLDLAKHAN LAL KAPOOR | INCMADHURI SINGH | 92,03725.93% | 58.2% |
| RAJMAHAL | BLDFATHER ANTHONI MURMU | INCYOFESH CHANDRA MURMU | 92,48642.39% | 38.9% |
| RANCHI | BLDRAVINDRA VERMA | INCSHEO PRASAD SAHU | 62,71623.48% | 46.2% |
| ROSERA | BLDRAM SEWAK HAZARI | INCRAM BHAGAT PASWAN | 1,94,50644.18% | 68.2% |
| SAHARSA | BLDVINAYAK PRASAD YADAV | INCCHIRANJIB JHA | 1,88,70641.40% | 66.9% |
| SAMASTIPUR | BLDKARPOORI THAKUR | INCYAMUNA PRASAD MANDAL | 3,27,43463.72% | 69.8% |
| SASARAM | BLDJAGIVAN RAM | INCMUNGERI LALL | 2,43,81058.35% | 63.8% |
| SHEOHAR | BLDTHAKUR GIRJANANDAN SINGH | INCHARI KISHORE SINGH | 67,02915.62% | 61.3% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1977?
Bharatiya Lok Dal won 52 of 54 seats in Bihar, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Bihar, Lok Sabha election 1977?
Turnout was 59.65% — 2.09 cr of 3.5 cr registered electors voted.
How many Lok Sabha seats does Bihar have?
Bihar has 54 Lok Sabha seats.