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This 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.
{{Short description|Election in Bihar}}
{{For|Lok Sabha election|1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 1977 Indian general election in Bihar
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 1971 Indian general election in Bihar
|previous_year = 1971
|election_date =
|next_election = 1980 Indian general election in Bihar
|next_year = 1980
|seats_for_election = 54 seats to the [[Lok Sabha]]
|image1 =
|leader1 =
|party1 = [[Janata Party]]
|seats1 = 52
|image2 =
|leader2 =
|party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|seats2 = 0
}}This 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.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS.pdf |title=Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS.pdf |title=Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>


==National parties==
==Results by Party==
# BJS [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
# CPI [[Communist Party of India]]
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
# CPM [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
# INC [[Indian National Congress]]
! colspan="3" | Seats
# NCO [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]
|-
# PSP [[Praja Socialist Party]]
! Votes
# SSP [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
! %
# SWA [[Swatantra Party]]
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Janata Party|JP]] / [[Bharatiya Lok Dal|BLD]]
| 1,35,63,737
| 64.98
| {{new}}
| 52
| 52
| {{new}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 47,81,142
| 22.90
| {{decrease}} 17.16
| 54
| 0
| {{decrease}} 39
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 11,75,153
| 5.63
| {{decrease}} 4.22
| 22
| 0
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Party|JHKP]]
| 1,26,288
| 0.60
| {{decrease}} 0.31
| 1
| 1
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 42,042
| 0.20
| {{decrease}} 0.56
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 2,25,872
| 1.08
| {{steady}}
| 21
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 9,60,672
| 4.60
| {{decrease}} 4.51
| 188
| 1
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 2,08,74,906
! 100%
! -
! 340
! 54
! -
|}


==List of successful candidates==
==Results by Constituency==
Bihar
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
# Bagaha (SC) Bhola Raut INC
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
# Motihari Bibhuti Mishra INC
! rowspan="2" |Turnout
# Bettiah Kamal Nath Tiwari INC
! colspan="5" |Winner
# Gopalganj Dwarika Nath Tiwary INC
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
# Siwan Mohamad Yusuf INC
! colspan="2" |Margin
# Chapra Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh INC
|-
# Maharajganj Ramdeo Singh SSP
!Candidate
# Kesaria Kamla Mishra Madhukar CPI
! colspan="2" |Party
# Hajipur Digvijay Narain Singh NCO
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
# Muzaffarpur Nawal Kishore Sinha INC
! data-sort-type=number | %
# Sitamarhi [[Shyam Sunder Das]] PSP
!Candidate
# Pupri Hari Kishore Singh INC
! colspan="2" |Party
# Jainagar Bhogendra Jha CPI
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
# Madhubani Jagannath Mishra INC
!data-sort-type=number | %
# Samastipur Yamuna Prasad Mandal INC
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
# Darbhanga Vinoda Nand Jha INC
!data-sort-type=number | %
# Rosera (SC) Ram Bhagat Paswan INC
|-
# Saharsa Chiranjib Jha INC
!1
# Madhipura Rajendra Prasad Yadav INC
|[[Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency|Bagaha (SC)]]
# Araria (SC) Tul Mohan Ram INC
|46.51%
# Kishanganj Jamilur Rahman INC
|[[Jagannath Prasad Swatantra|Jagannath Prasad]]
# Purnea Mohammad Tahir INC
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
# Katihar Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav BJS
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
# Rajmahal (St) Iswar Marandi INC
|138,443
# Bodda Jagdish N#Mandal INC
|50.43
# Dumka (St) Satya Charan Besra INC
|Bhola Raut
# Banka Shiv Chandika Prasad INC
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
# Bhagalpur Bhagwat Jha Azad INC
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
# Monghyr Deonandan Prasad Yadav INC
|97,755
# Jamui (SC) Bhola Manjhi CPI
|35.61
# Khagaria Shivshankar Prasad Yadav SSP
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|40,688
# Begusarai Shyamnandan Mishra NCO
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|14.82
# Nalanda Sedheshwar Prasad INC
|-
# Barh Dharamvir Singh INC
!2
# Patna Ramavatar Shastri CPI
|[[Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency|Bettiah]]
# Shahabad Bali Ram Bhagat INC
|50.38%
# Buxar [[Anant Sharma|Anant Prasad Sharma]] INC
|Fazlur Rahman
# Bikramganj Sheo Pujan Singh INC
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
# Sasaram (SC) Jag Jiwan Ram INC
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
# Aurangabad Satyendra Narayan Sinha NCO
|186,486
# Jehanabad Chandra Shekhar Sinha CPI
|58.74
# Nawada Sukhdeo Prasad Verma INC
|Kedar Pandey
# Gaya (SC) Ishwar Choudhary BJS
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
# Chatra Shankar Dyal Singh INC
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
# Giridih Chapalendu Bhattacharyya INC
|90,158
# Dhanbad Ram Narain Sharma INC
|28.40
# Hazaribagh Damodar Pandey INC
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|96,328
# Ranchi Prashant Kumar Ghosh INC
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|30.34
# Jamshedpur Sardar Swaran Singh INC
|-
# Singhbhum (St) Moran Singh Purty Jkp
!3
# Khunti (St) Nirel Enem Horo Ind
|[[Motihari Lok Sabha constituency|Motihari]]
# Lohardaga (St) Kartik Oraon INC
|55.63%
# Palamau (SC) Kamla Kumari INC
|[[Thakur Ramapati Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|167,732
|46.71
|Bibhuti Mishra
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|93,779
|26.11
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|73,953
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|20.60
|-
!4
|[[Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency|Gopalganj]]
|63.11%
|[[Dwarka Nath Tiwary]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|294,466
|70.08
|Abdul Ghafoor
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|121,474
|28.91
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|172,992
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|41.17
|-
!5
|[[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency|Siwan]]
|67.34%
|[[Mrityunjay Prasad]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|325,030
|74.87
|Mohamad Yusuf
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|93,954
|21.64
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|231,076
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|53.23
|-
!6
|[[Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj]]
|65.70%
|[[Ramdeo Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|345,781
|77.96
|Daroga Prasad Roy
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|93,883
|21.17
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|251,898
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|56.79
|-
!7
|[[Chapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra]]
|73.89%
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|415,409
|85.97
|Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|41,609
|8.61
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|373,800
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|77.36
|-
!8
|[[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur (SC)]]
|77.07%
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|469,007
|89.30
|Baleshwar Ram
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|44,462
|8.47
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|424,545
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|80.83
|-
!9
|[[Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency|Vaishali]]
|76.10%
|[[Digvijay Narain Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|435,757
|85.03
|Nawal Kishore Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|70,260
|13.71
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|365,497
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|71.32
|-
!10
|[[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]
|75.95%
|[[George Fernandes]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|396,687
|78.23
|Nitishwer Prasad Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|62,470
|12.32
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|334,217
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|65.91
|-
!11
|[[Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency|Sitamarhi]]
|69.81%
|[[Shyam Sunder Das]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|261,321
|52.49
|Nagendra Prasad Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|171,227
|34.39
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|90,094
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|18.10
|-
!12
|[[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]
|62.18%
|Thakur Girjanandan Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|241,672
|56.31
|[[Hari Kishore Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|174,643
|40.69
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|67,029
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.62
|-
!13
|[[Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency|Madhubani]]
|68.40%
|[[Hukmdev Narayan Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|200,543
|42.86
|Bhogendra Jha
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|143,422
|30.65
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|57,121
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|12.21
|-
!14
|[[Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jhanjharpur]]
|74.71%
|Dhanik Lal Mandal
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|305,554
|65.78
|Jagannath Mishra
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|148,073
|31.88
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|157,481
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|33.90
|-
!15
|[[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]
|66.42%
|Surendra Jha Suman
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|306,857
|73.57
|Radhanandan Jha
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|94,855
|22.74
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|212,002
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|50.83
|-
!16
|[[Rosera Lok Sabha constituency|Rosera (SC)]]
|69.07%
|Ram Sewak Hazari
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|311,240
|70.70
|Ram Bhagat Paswan
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|116,734
|26.52
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|194,506
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|44.18
|-
!17
|[[Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency|Samastipur]]
|70.69%
|Karpoori Thakur
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|401,935
|78.22
|Yamuna Prasad Mandal
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|74,501
|14.50
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|327,434
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|63.72
|-
!18
|[[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]
|72.02%
|Shyam Sunder Gupta
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|372,227
|75.94
|Dharamvir Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|101,945
|20.80
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|270,282
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|55.14
|-
!19
|[[Balia, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Balia]]
|59.92%
|Ramajiwan Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|146,772
|39.25
|Surya Narayan Singh
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|99,140
|26.51
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|47,632
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|12.74
|-
!20
|[[Saharsa Lok Sabha constituency|Saharsa]]
|68.08%
|Vinayak Prasad Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|306,994
|67.35
|Chiranjib Jha
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|118,288
|25.95
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|188,706
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|41.40
|-
!21
|[[Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency|Madhepura]]
|71.58%
|[[B. P. Mandal]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|301,076
|65.44
|[[Rajendra Prasad Yadav (Madhepura politician)|Rajendra Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|100,359
|21.81
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|200,717
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|43.63
|-
!22
|[[Araria Lok Sabha constituency|Araria (SC)]]
|58.86%
|Mahendra Narayan Sardar
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|221,829
|65.36
|Dumar Lal Baitha
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|113,295
|33.38
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|108,534
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|31.98
|-
!23
|[[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]
|48.91%
|Halimuddin Ahmed
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|168,175
|58.58
|Jamilur Rahman
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|88,045
|30.67
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|80,130
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|27.91
|-
!24
|[[Purnia Lok Sabha constituency|Purnea]]
|59.73%
|Lakhan Lal Kapoor
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|199,034
|56.07
|Madhuri Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|106,997
|30.14
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|92,037
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|25.93
|-
!25
|[[Katihar Lok Sabha constituency|Katihar]]
|60.17%
|Yuvraj
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|215,074
|69.41
|[[Tariq Anwar (politician)|Tariq Anwar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|85,285
|27.52
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|129,789
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|41.89
|-
!26
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal (ST)]]
|39.95%
|[[Anthony Murmu]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|148,677
|68.15
|Yofesh Chandra Murmu
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|56,191
|25.76
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|92,486
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|42.39
|-
!27
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka (ST)]]
|41.42%
|Bateshwar Hemram
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|115,386
|49.45
|Prithiwichand Kisku
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|62,132
|26.63
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|53,254
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|22.82
|-
!28
|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|57.91%
|[[Jagadambi Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|250,749
|70.01
|Jagdish N. Mandal
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|91,758
|25.62
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|158,991
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|44.39
|-
!29
|[[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]
|55.14%
|Limaye Madhu
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|239,550
|71.14
|Chandra Shekhar Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|78,866
|23.42
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|160,684
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|47.72
|-
!30
|[[Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bhagalpur]]
|63.65%
|Dr. Ramji Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|304,791
|71.74
|Bhagalpur
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|120,073
|28.26
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|184,718
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|43.48
|-
!31
|[[Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency|Khagaria]]
|63.14%
|Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|230,687
|57.22
|Jai N. Mehta
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|81,395
|20.19
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|149,292
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|37.03
|-
!32
|[[Munger Lok Sabha constituency|Monghyr]]
|74.00%
|Shri Krishna Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|337,791
|66.15
|Devendra Prasad Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|164,174
|32.15
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|173,617
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|34.00
|-
!33
|[[Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency|Begusarai]]
|63.22%
|Shyam Nandan Mishra
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|185,382
|44.48
|Tarkeshri Sinha
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|150,154
|36.03
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|35,228
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8.45
|-
!34
|[[Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalanda]]
|71.63%
|Birendra Prasad
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|284,684
|54.06
|Vijay Kumar Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|143,662
|27.28
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|141,022
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|26.78
|-
!35
|[[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna]]
|68.02%
|Maha Maya Prasad Sinha
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|382,363
|76.61
|Ramavatar Shastri
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|59,238
|11.87
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|323,125
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|64.74
|-
!36
|[[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
|65.00%
|Chandradeo Prasad Verma
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|323,913
|70.67
|Baliram Bhagat
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|113,036
|24.66
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|210,877
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|46.01
|-
!37
|[[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]
|63.38%
|Rama Nand Tiwary
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|286,418
|65.04
|Anant Prasad Sharma
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|82,705
|18.78
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|203,713
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|46.26
|-
!38
|[[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram (SC)]]
|64.98%
|Jagjivan Ram
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|327,995
|78.49
|Mungeri Lall
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|84,185
|20.15
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|243,810
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|58.34
|-
!39
|[[Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency|Bikramganj]]
|61.39%
|Ram Awadhesh Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|248,578
|59.57
|Ram Subhag Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|96,827
|23.21
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|151,751
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|36.36
|-
!40
|[[Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Aurangabad]]
|61.44%
|Satyendra Narain Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Party|JP]]
|251,139
|61.76
|Ram Swaroop Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|130,692
|32.14
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|120,447
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|29.62
|-
!41
|[[Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency|Jahanabad]]
|66.44%
|Hari Lal Prasad Sinha
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|317,954
|64.85
|Chandrika Prasad Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|66,984
|13.66
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|250,970
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|51.19
|-
!42
|[[Nawada Lok Sabha constituency|Nawada (SC)]]
|69.87%
|Nathuni Ram
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|429,785
|84.00
|Mahabir Chaudhary
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|67,084
|13.11
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|362,701
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|70.89
|-
!43
|[[Gaya Lok Sabha constituency|Gaya (SC)]]
|69.29%
|Ishwar Chaudhry
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|341,000
|77.60
|Mishri Sada
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|92,682
|21.09
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|248,318
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|56.51
|-
!44
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|47.97%
|Sukdeo Prasad Verma
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|203,878
|74.99
|Shankar Dayal Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|60,344
|22.19
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|143,534
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|52.80
|-
!45
|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|43.38%
|Ritlal Prasad Verma
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|169,387
|67.34
|Chaplendu Bhattacharyyia
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|53,359
|21.21
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|116,028
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|46.13
|-
!46
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|50.03%
|Ram Das Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|164,120
|58.35
|I. Ahmad
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|85,843
|30.52
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|78,277
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|27.83
|-
!47
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|45.39%
|A. K. Roy
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|205,495
|68.74
|Ram Narain Sharma
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|63,646
|21.29
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:black;"|141,849
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:black;"|47.45
|-
!48
|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|47.73%
|[[Basant Narain Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|186,058
|64.67
|Damodar Pandey
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|44,941
|15.62
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|141,117
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|49.05
|-
!49
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|47.84%
|Ravindra Verma
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|130,938
|49.02
|Sheo Prasad Sahu
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|68,222
|25.54
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|62,716
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|23.48
|-
!50
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|46.85%
|Rudra Pratap Sarangi
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|131,419
|50.16
|V. G. Gopal
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|67,666
|25.83
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|63,753
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|24.33
|-
!51
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum (ST)]]
|34.46%
|[[Bagun Sumbrai]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Jharkhand Party|JKP]]
|126,288
|73.31
|Moran Singh Purty
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|24,422
|14.18
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Party}}; color:white;"|101,866
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Party}}; color:white;"|59.13
|-
!52
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti (ST)]]
|33.93%
|[[Kariya Munda]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|91,859
|49.99
|Nirel Mundu
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
|[[Jharkhand Party|JKP]]
|56,976
|31.01
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|34,883
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|18.98
|-
!53
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga (ST)]]
|45.74%
|[[Laloo Oraon]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|142,274
|56.93
|[[Kartik Oraon]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|77,391
|30.97
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|64,883
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|25.96
|-
!54
|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau (SC)]]
|45.80%
|Ramdeni Ram
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Janata Party|JP]]
|201,861
|77.56
|[[Kamla Kumari]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|39,022
|14.99
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|162,839
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; color:white;"|62.57
|-
|}
 
==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Department
!From
!To
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|rowspan="2"|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram (SC)]]
|Cabinet Minister
|Defence
|<small>28 March</small><br>1977
|rowspan="2"|<small>28 July</small><br>1979
|{{party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=6}}
|-
|colspan="2"|Deputy Prime Minister
|<small>24 January</small><br>1979
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
|rowspan="2"|[[George Fernandes]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]
|rowspan="8"|Cabinet Minister
|Communications
|<small>27 March</small><br>1977
|<small>6 July</small><br>1977
|-
|Industry
|<small>6 July</small><br>1977
|<small>15 July</small><br>1979
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|rowspan="2"|Ravindra Varma
|rowspan="2"|Ranchi
|Parliamentary Affairs
|rowspan="2"|<small>26 March</small><br>1977
|rowspan="2"|<small>28 July</small><br>1979
|-
|Labour
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|rowspan="2"|Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
|rowspan="2"|Begusarai
|External Affairs
|<small>28 July</small><br>1979
|rowspan="5"|<small>14 January</small><br>1980
|{{party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|rowspan=5}}
|-
|Communications
|<small>7 December</small><br>1979
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|Fazlur Rahman
|rowspan="2"|Bettiah
|Labour
|<small>30 July</small><br>1979
|-
|Muslim Waqfs
|<small>7 December</small><br>1979
|-
|6
|Dhanik Lal Mandal
|Jhanjharpur
|MoS
|Home Affairs
|<small>30 July</small><br>1979
|-
|}


==References==
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For Lok Sabha election, see 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
1977 Indian general election in Bihar
← 1971
1980 →
54 seats to the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Party Janata Party INC
Seats won 52 0

This 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.

[1]

Results by Party[edit | edit source]

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
JP / BLD 1,35,63,737 64.98 Template:New 52 52 Template:New
INC 47,81,142 22.90 Decrease 17.16 54 0 Decrease 39
CPI 11,75,153 5.63 Decrease 4.22 22 0 Decrease 5
JHKP 1,26,288 0.60 Decrease 0.31 1 1 Steady
CPI(M) 42,042 0.20 Decrease 0.56 2 0 Steady
Others 2,25,872 1.08 Steady 21 0 Steady
IND 9,60,672 4.60 Decrease 4.51 188 1 Steady
Total 2,08,74,906 100% - 340 54 -

Results by Constituency[edit | edit source]

Constituency Turnout Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Bagaha (SC) 46.51% Jagannath Prasad JP 138,443 50.43 Bhola Raut INC 97,755 35.61 40,688 14.82
2 Bettiah 50.38% Fazlur Rahman JP 186,486 58.74 Kedar Pandey INC 90,158 28.40 96,328 30.34
3 Motihari 55.63% Thakur Ramapati Singh JP 167,732 46.71 Bibhuti Mishra INC 93,779 26.11 73,953 20.60
4 Gopalganj 63.11% Dwarka Nath Tiwary JP 294,466 70.08 Abdul Ghafoor INC 121,474 28.91 172,992 41.17
5 Siwan 67.34% Mrityunjay Prasad JP 325,030 74.87 Mohamad Yusuf INC 93,954 21.64 231,076 53.23
6 Maharajganj 65.70% Ramdeo Singh JP 345,781 77.96 Daroga Prasad Roy INC 93,883 21.17 251,898 56.79
7 Chapra 73.89% Lalu Prasad Yadav JP 415,409 85.97 Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh INC 41,609 8.61 373,800 77.36
8 Hajipur (SC) 77.07% Ram Vilas Paswan JP 469,007 89.30 Baleshwar Ram INC 44,462 8.47 424,545 80.83
9 Vaishali 76.10% Digvijay Narain Singh JP 435,757 85.03 Nawal Kishore Singh INC 70,260 13.71 365,497 71.32
10 Muzaffarpur 75.95% George Fernandes JP 396,687 78.23 Nitishwer Prasad Singh INC 62,470 12.32 334,217 65.91
11 Sitamarhi 69.81% Shyam Sunder Das JP 261,321 52.49 Nagendra Prasad Yadav INC 171,227 34.39 90,094 18.10
12 Sheohar 62.18% Thakur Girjanandan Singh JP 241,672 56.31 Hari Kishore Singh INC 174,643 40.69 67,029 15.62
13 Madhubani 68.40% Hukmdev Narayan Yadav JP 200,543 42.86 Bhogendra Jha CPI 143,422 30.65 57,121 12.21
14 Jhanjharpur 74.71% Dhanik Lal Mandal JP 305,554 65.78 Jagannath Mishra INC 148,073 31.88 157,481 33.90
15 Darbhanga 66.42% Surendra Jha Suman JP 306,857 73.57 Radhanandan Jha INC 94,855 22.74 212,002 50.83
16 Rosera (SC) 69.07% Ram Sewak Hazari JP 311,240 70.70 Ram Bhagat Paswan INC 116,734 26.52 194,506 44.18
17 Samastipur 70.69% Karpoori Thakur JP 401,935 78.22 Yamuna Prasad Mandal INC 74,501 14.50 327,434 63.72
18 Barh 72.02% Shyam Sunder Gupta JP 372,227 75.94 Dharamvir Singh INC 101,945 20.80 270,282 55.14
19 Balia 59.92% Ramajiwan Singh JP 146,772 39.25 Surya Narayan Singh CPI 99,140 26.51 47,632 12.74
20 Saharsa 68.08% Vinayak Prasad Yadav JP 306,994 67.35 Chiranjib Jha INC 118,288 25.95 188,706 41.40
21 Madhepura 71.58% B. P. Mandal JP 301,076 65.44 Rajendra Prasad Yadav INC 100,359 21.81 200,717 43.63
22 Araria (SC) 58.86% Mahendra Narayan Sardar JP 221,829 65.36 Dumar Lal Baitha INC 113,295 33.38 108,534 31.98
23 Kishanganj 48.91% Halimuddin Ahmed JP 168,175 58.58 Jamilur Rahman INC 88,045 30.67 80,130 27.91
24 Purnea 59.73% Lakhan Lal Kapoor JP 199,034 56.07 Madhuri Singh INC 106,997 30.14 92,037 25.93
25 Katihar 60.17% Yuvraj JP 215,074 69.41 Tariq Anwar INC 85,285 27.52 129,789 41.89
26 Rajmahal (ST) 39.95% Anthony Murmu JP 148,677 68.15 Yofesh Chandra Murmu INC 56,191 25.76 92,486 42.39
27 Dumka (ST) 41.42% Bateshwar Hemram JP 115,386 49.45 Prithiwichand Kisku INC 62,132 26.63 53,254 22.82
28 Godda 57.91% Jagadambi Prasad Yadav JP 250,749 70.01 Jagdish N. Mandal INC 91,758 25.62 158,991 44.39
29 Banka 55.14% Limaye Madhu JP 239,550 71.14 Chandra Shekhar Singh INC 78,866 23.42 160,684 47.72
30 Bhagalpur 63.65% Dr. Ramji Singh JP 304,791 71.74 Bhagalpur INC 120,073 28.26 184,718 43.48
31 Khagaria 63.14% Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav JP 230,687 57.22 Jai N. Mehta INC 81,395 20.19 149,292 37.03
32 Monghyr 74.00% Shri Krishna Singh JP 337,791 66.15 Devendra Prasad Yadav INC 164,174 32.15 173,617 34.00
33 Begusarai 63.22% Shyam Nandan Mishra JP 185,382 44.48 Tarkeshri Sinha INC 150,154 36.03 35,228 8.45
34 Nalanda 71.63% Birendra Prasad JP 284,684 54.06 Vijay Kumar Yadav CPI 143,662 27.28 141,022 26.78
35 Patna 68.02% Maha Maya Prasad Sinha JP 382,363 76.61 Ramavatar Shastri CPI 59,238 11.87 323,125 64.74
36 Arrah 65.00% Chandradeo Prasad Verma JP 323,913 70.67 Baliram Bhagat INC 113,036 24.66 210,877 46.01
37 Buxar 63.38% Rama Nand Tiwary JP 286,418 65.04 Anant Prasad Sharma INC 82,705 18.78 203,713 46.26
38 Sasaram (SC) 64.98% Jagjivan Ram JP 327,995 78.49 Mungeri Lall INC 84,185 20.15 243,810 58.34
39 Bikramganj 61.39% Ram Awadhesh Singh JP 248,578 59.57 Ram Subhag Singh INC 96,827 23.21 151,751 36.36
40 Aurangabad 61.44% Satyendra Narain Singh JP 251,139 61.76 Ram Swaroop Yadav INC 130,692 32.14 120,447 29.62
41 Jahanabad 66.44% Hari Lal Prasad Sinha JP 317,954 64.85 Chandrika Prasad Yadav INC 66,984 13.66 250,970 51.19
42 Nawada (SC) 69.87% Nathuni Ram JP 429,785 84.00 Mahabir Chaudhary INC 67,084 13.11 362,701 70.89
43 Gaya (SC) 69.29% Ishwar Chaudhry JP 341,000 77.60 Mishri Sada INC 92,682 21.09 248,318 56.51
44 Chatra 47.97% Sukdeo Prasad Verma JP 203,878 74.99 Shankar Dayal Singh INC 60,344 22.19 143,534 52.80
45 Kodarma 43.38% Ritlal Prasad Verma JP 169,387 67.34 Chaplendu Bhattacharyyia INC 53,359 21.21 116,028 46.13
46 Giridih 50.03% Ram Das Singh JP 164,120 58.35 I. Ahmad INC 85,843 30.52 78,277 27.83
47 Dhanbad 45.39% A. K. Roy IND 205,495 68.74 Ram Narain Sharma INC 63,646 21.29 141,849 47.45
48 Hazaribagh 47.73% Basant Narain Singh JP 186,058 64.67 Damodar Pandey INC 44,941 15.62 141,117 49.05
49 Ranchi 47.84% Ravindra Verma JP 130,938 49.02 Sheo Prasad Sahu INC 68,222 25.54 62,716 23.48
50 Jamshedpur 46.85% Rudra Pratap Sarangi JP 131,419 50.16 V. G. Gopal INC 67,666 25.83 63,753 24.33
51 Singhbhum (ST) 34.46% Bagun Sumbrai JKP 126,288 73.31 Moran Singh Purty INC 24,422 14.18 101,866 59.13
52 Khunti (ST) 33.93% Kariya Munda JP 91,859 49.99 Nirel Mundu JKP 56,976 31.01 34,883 18.98
53 Lohardaga (ST) 45.74% Laloo Oraon JP 142,274 56.93 Kartik Oraon INC 77,391 30.97 64,883 25.96
54 Palamau (SC) 45.80% Ramdeni Ram JP 201,861 77.56 Kamla Kumari INC 39,022 14.99 162,839 62.57

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar[edit | edit source]

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Jagjivan Ram Sasaram (SC) Cabinet Minister Defence 28 March
1977 		28 July
1979 		JP
Deputy Prime Minister 24 January
1979
2 George Fernandes Muzaffarpur Cabinet Minister Communications 27 March
1977 		6 July
1977
Industry 6 July
1977 		15 July
1979
3 Ravindra Varma Ranchi Parliamentary Affairs 26 March
1977 		28 July
1979
Labour
4 Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra Begusarai External Affairs 28 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		Janata Party
Communications 7 December
1979
5 Fazlur Rahman Bettiah Labour 30 July
1979
Muslim Waqfs 7 December
1979
6 Dhanik Lal Mandal Jhanjharpur MoS Home Affairs 30 July
1979

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Statistical report on general elections, 1971 to the fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

External links[edit | edit source]

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