1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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]

1977 Bihar legislative assembly election


Legislative Assembly seats
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Karpoori Thakur --- Jagannath Mishra
Party JP CPI INC(I)
Leader since 1977 --- 1975
Seats before New 35 167
Seats after 214 21 57
Seat change 214 14 110

CM before election

President's rule
N/A

Elected CM

Karpoori Thakur
JP

Results

PartySeats ContestedSeats WonSeats ChangeVote Share
Janata Party311214 21442.7%
Indian National Congress28657 11023.6%
Independent220624 723.7%
Communist Party of India7321 147.0%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)164 140.9%
Jharkhand Party312 10.4%
Akhil Bharatiya Shoshit Samaj Dal261New0.8%
All India Jharkhand Party211New0.5%

References

  1. "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977". Elections in India. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  2. "38-Year-Old Legacy Hangs Over Bihar Polls". IndiaSpend-Journalism India |Data Journalism India|Investigative Journalism-IndiaSpend. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  3. February 6, Arul B. Louis Prabhu Chawla; March 15, 2014 ISSUE DATE; November 14, 1980UPDATED; Ist, 2014 16:10. "PM Indira Gandhi dismisses governments in nine states, looks to put Congress in power". India Today. Retrieved 2020-04-11.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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