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Bihar Assembly Election, 1977

324 seats · vs 1972 (318-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1977 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Janata Party — 214 seatsIndian National Congress — 57 seatsIndependent — 24 seatsCommunist Party of India — 21 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 4 seatsJKD — 2 seatsSanyukt Samajwadi Dal — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat163324of 324 seats
  • JNP214
  • INC57
  • IND24
  • CPI21
  • CPM4
  • JKD2
  • SSD1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
JNPJanata Party21466%74,23,10142.7%311
INCIndian National Congress5718%41,01,52223.6%286
INDIndependent247%41,27,49523.7%2206
CPICommunist Party of India216%12,17,7067.0%73
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)41%1,61,5260.9%16
JKDJKD21%72,3030.4%31
SSDSanyukt Samajwadi Dal10%1,39,4140.8%26
JKPJan Kalyan Party10%78,4060.5%21

+ 7 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1977 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 163

1977 · selected
Majority 163
JNP214INC57IND24CPI21CPM4JKD2SSD1JKP1
1972 · previous
Majority 160

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1972 → 1977

1972 1977· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
0.0
42.7
33.1
23.6
10.8
23.7
6.9
7.0
16.4
0.0
14.8
0.0
11.7
0.0
JNPINCINDCPISOPNCOBJS

Seat change

1977 seats minus 1972 seats

seats lostseats gained
JNP
0 → 214
+214
INC
167 → 57
−110
IND
17 → 24
+7
CPI
35 → 21
−14
CPM
0 → 4
+4
JKD
1 → 2
+1
SSD
0 → 1
+1
JKP
3 → 1
−2
PHJ
2 → 0
−2
SOP
33 → 0
−33

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1972 → 1977

share lostshare gained
JNP
0.0% → 42.7%
+42.7%
IND
10.8% → 23.7%
+13.0%
SSD
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
JKP
0.9% → 0.5%
−0.4%
PHJ
0.5% → 0.1%
−0.4%
CPM
1.6% → 0.9%
−0.7%
SWA
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%
HSD
1.3% → 0.0%
−1.3%
INC
33.1% → 23.6%
−9.5%
BJS
11.7% → 0.0%
−11.7%

Biggest JNP–INC swings

Seats where the JNP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1972 → 1977. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (JNP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward JNP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward JNP
Paru
+125.6%
Masrakh
+117.9%
Garkha
+114.8%
Taraiya
+114.2%
Baniapur
+113.1%
Bhore
+110.2%
Korha
+109.7%
Sonepur
+108.1%
Borio
+107.4%
Dumri
+107.0%
Aurai
+106.4%
Latehar
+104.3%

Closest races · 1977

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1977

324 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1972