Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1972, to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Kedar Pandey was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Later, Abdul Gafoor become the Chief Minister, from 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975, followed by Jagannath Mishra from 11 April 1975 to 30 April 1977.
Party-wise performance
Elected members #ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty1 Dhanaha None Hardeo Prasad 2 Bagaha SC Narsingh Baitha 3 Ram Nagar None Narayan Vikram Shah 4 Shikarpur SC Sitaram Prasad 5 Sikta None Faiyajulazam 6 Lauria None Fulena Rao 7 Chanapatia None Umesh Prasad Verma 8 Bettiah None Kirshna Mohan Pandey 9 Nautan None Kedar Pandey 10 Raxaul None Saghir Ahmad 11 Sugauli None Azizul Haque 12 Motihari None Prabhawati Gupta 13 Adapur None Ramprit Rai 14 Ghorasahan None Rajendra Pratap Singh 15 Dhaka None Hafiz Idris Ansari 16 Patahi None Thakur Rama Pati Singh 17 Madhuban None Rajpati Devi 18 Kesaria None Pitambar Singh 19 Pipra SC Tulsi Ram 20 Harsidhi None Mahedayetulla Khan 21 Gobindganj None Ramashankar Pandey 22 Gopal Ganj None Ram Dulari Sinh 23 Kuchaikot None Nagina Rai 24 Katea SC Algu Ram 25 Bhore None Raj Mangal Mishra 26 Mirganj None Anant Pd. Singh 27 Siwan None Janardan Tiwary 28 Ziradei None Sankarnath Vidyarthi 29 Mairwa SC Ram Narain 30 Darauli None Krishna Pratap Singh 31 Raghunathpur None Shreenivas N. Singh 32 Maharajganj None Anusuya Devi 33 Barharia None Abdul Jalil 34 Goreakothi None Mahamaya Prasad 35 Baikunthpur None Sabhapati Singh 36 Barauli None Brajakishore Narain Singh 37 Manjhi None Ram Bahadur Singh 38 Baniapur None Uma Pandey 39 Masrakh None Ram Deo Singh 40 Taraiya None Prabhu Nath Singh 41 Marhaura None Bhishm Prasad Yadav 42 Jalalpur None Kumar Kalika Singh 43 Chapra None Janak Yadav 44 Garkha SC Raghunandan Majhi 45 Parsa None Daroga Prasad Roy 46 Sonepur None Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav 47 Hajipur None Motilal Sinha Kanan 48 Raghopur None Babu Lal Shastri 49 Mahnar None Munishwar Prasad Singh 50 Jandaha None Bhagdeo Singh 51 Patepur SC Righan Ram 52 Goraul None Samayelenabi 53 Vaishali None Laliteshwar Pd. Sahi 54 Lalganj None Dipnarain Singh 55 Paru None Birendra Kumar Singh 56 Sahebganj None Sheo Sharan Singh 57 Baruraj None Jamuna Singh 58 Kanti None Shambhu Sharan Thakur 59 Kurhani None Sadhu Saran Sahi 60 Sakra SC Hiralall Paswan 61 Muzaffarpur None Ramdeva Sharma 62 Bochaha SC Ramai Ram 63 Gaighatti None Niteshwar Prasad Sinha 64 Aurai None Ram Babu Singh 65 Minapur None Mahanth Ramkishore Das 66 Runisaidpur None Tribeni Prasad Singh 67 Sitamarhi None Ram Swarup Singh 68 Bathnaha None Paturi Singh 69 Belsand None Ram Surat Singh 70 Sheohar None Raghunath Jha 71 Majorganj SC Surendra Ram 72 Sonbarsa None Sita Ram Mahto 73 Sursand None Ram Charitra Rai Yadav 74 Pupri None Ram Briksh Choudhery 75 Benipatti None Tej Narayan Jha 76 Bisfi None Aziz Nuruddin 77 Harlakmi None Shakur Ahmad 78 Khajauli None Mahendra Narayan Jha 79 Jai Nagar SC Ramphal Paswan 80 Madhubani None Surya Narayan Singh 81 Jhanjharpur None Jagannath Mishra 82 Rajnagar SC Bilat Paswan 83 Phulparas None Uttam Lal Yadav 84 Laukaha None Dhaniklal Mandal 85 Madhepur None Radha Nandan Jha 86 Biraul None Anirudh Jha 87 Baheri None Tej Narayan Yadav 88 Manigachhi None Nagendra Jha 89 Benipur None Hari Nath Mishra 90 Darbhanga None Surendra Jha Suman 91 Keotiranway None Hukmdev Narayan Yadav 92 Jale None Khadim Hussain 93 Hayagaht SC Baleshvar Ram 94 Kalyanpur None Ram Naresh Trivedi 95 Warisnagar SC Chulhai Ram 96 Samastipur None Sahdeo Mahato 97 Tajpur None Karpoori Thakur 98 Mohiuddinnagar None Kapildoo Narain Singh 99 Dalsinghsarai None Jagdish Pd. Choudhary 100 Sarairanjan None Chandreshwar Prasad 101 Bibhutpur None Bandhu Mahato 102 Rosera None Ramashrey Rai 103 Hassanpur None Gajendra Pd. Himanshu 104 Singhia SC Ramjatan Paswan 105 Raghopur None Amrenisa Mishra 106 Kishanpur None Vinayak Pd. Yadav 107 Supaul None Uma Shankar Singh 108 Tribeniganj None Anup Lal Yadab 109 Chhatarur SC Kumbh N. Sardar 110 Kumarkhand None Jai Kumar Singh 111 Simri Bakhtiarpor None Chaudhary Md. Salahuddin 112 Mahishi None Lahtan Chadhary 113 Saharsa None Ramesh Jha 114 Sonabarsa SC Jageshwar Hazra 115 Madmipura None Bindeshwari Pd. Mandal 116 Murliganj None Raj Nandau Prasad 117 Alamnagar None Vidyakar Kavi 118 Rupauli None Anandi Prasad Singh 119 Dhamdaha None Jai Narayan Mehta 120 Banmankhi SC Rasik Lal Rishideo 121 Kasba None Ram Naraian Mandal 122 Raniganj SC Bundel Paswan 123 Narpatganj None Satya Narayan Yadav 124 Forbesganj None Saryu Mishra 125 Araria None Azam 126 Palasi None Maya Nand Thakur 127 Bahadurganj None Najmuddin 128 Thakurganj None Mohammad Hussain Azad 129 Kishanganj None Rafique Alam 130 Jokihat None Taslinuddin 131 Amour None Hasibur Rahman 132 Purnea None Kamaldeo N. Sinha 133 Katihar None Rajkishor Prasad Singh 134 Barso None Beula Doza 135 Azamnagar None Mohmad Ayub 136 Korha SC Bhola Paswan Shastry 137 Barari None Muhamad Sakoor 138 Manihari None Yuvraj 139 Rajmahal None Nathmal Dokania 140 Borio ST Set Hemram 141 Barhait ST Masih Soren 142 Litipara ST Som Murmu 143 Pakpura None S. M. Jafar Ali 144 Maheshpur ST Kalidas Murmu 145 Shikaripara ST Shibu Murmu 146 Nala None Biseshwar Khan 147 Jamtara None Durga Prasad Singh 148 Sarath None Kamdeo Pro Singh 149 Madhupur None Ajit Kumar Banerjee 150 Deoghar SC Baidya Nath Das 151 Jarmundi None Srikant Jha 152 Dumka ST Paika Murmu 153 Jama ST Mauan Besra 154 Poraiyahat ST Prithwi Chand Kisku 155 Godda None Hemantkumar Jha 156 Mahagama None Awadh Bihari Singh 157 Pirpainti None Amvika Praasad 158 Colgong None Sadanand Singh 159 Nathnagar None Chunchun Prasad Yadav 160 Bhagalpur None Vijoy Kumar Mitra 161 Gopalpur None Madan Prasad Singh 162 Bimpur None Prabhu Narayan Roy 163 Sultanganj None Ram Raksha Pd. Yadav 164 Amarpur None Janar Dan Yadav 165 Dhuraiya SC Naresh Das 166 Banka None Thakur Kamakhya Pd. Singh 167 Belhar None Shakuntala Devi 168 Katoria None Jay Prakash Mishra 169 Chakai None Chaudra Shakar Singh 170 Jhajha None Shiva Nandan Jha 171 Jamui None Tripurari Prasad Singh 172 Sikandra SC Rameswar Paswan 173 Sheikhpura SC Loknath Azad 174 Barbigha None Rajo Singh 175 Barahiya None Kapil Deo Singh 176 Surajgarha None Sunaina Sharma 177 Jamalpur None Suresh Kumar Singh 178 Tarapur None Tarni Prasad Singh 179 Kharagpur None Rajendra Prasad Singh 180 Monghyr None Prafulla Kumar Mishra 181 Parbatta None Shivakant Mishra 182 Chautham None Ghanshyam Singh 183 Alauli SC Mishri Sada 184 Khagaria None Ram Sharan Yadav 185 Balia None Chandra Choor Deo 186 Begusarai None Bhola Singh 187 Bakhri SC Ram Chandra Paswan 188 Bariarpur None Ram Jiwan Singh 189 Barauni None Chandra Sekhar Singh 190 Bachhwara None Ramdeo Rai 191 Mokameh None Krishna Shahi 192 Barh None Dwarika Nath Singh 193 Bakhtiarpur None Bhola Prasad Singh 194 Fatwa SC Kameshwar Paswan 195 Bihar None Virendra Prasad 196 Asthawan None Ayodhya Prasad 197 Ekangar Sarai None Ram Swaroop Prasad 198 Rajgir SC Chandradeo Prasad Himansu 199 Islampur None Ramsharan Prasad Singh 200 Chandi None Ram Raj Prasad Singh 201 Milsa None Nawal Kishore Singh 202 Masaurhi None Bhuwaneshwar Sharma 203 Pun Pun SC Mahabir Paswan 204 Patna South None Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav 205 Patna East None Jamil Ahmad 206 Patna West None Sunil Mukherjee 207 Danapur None Budh Deo Singh 208 Maner None Ram Nagina Singh 209 Bikram None Khaderan Singh 210 Paliganj None Kanhai Singh 211 Sandesh None Ramjee Prasad Singh 212 Arrah None Sumitra Devi 213 Barhara None Ram Vilash Singh 214 Shahpur None Suraj Nath Choubey 215 Brahampur None Rishi Kesh Tewary 216 Dumraon None Harihar Prasad Singh 217 Nawanagar SC Lal Behari Prasad 218 Buxar None Jag Narain Trivedi 219 Ramgarh None Sachchida Nand Singh 220 Mohania SC Suresh Kumar 221 Chainpur None Lal Muni Chaubey 222 Dhabua None Shyam Narain Pandey 223 Chenari SC Ram Bachan Paswan 224 Sasaram None Ramsevak Singh 225 Dehri None Abdul Quayom Ansari 226 Karakat None Manorma Pandey 227 Nokha None Jagdish Ojha 228 Dinara None Ram Narain Sah 229 Bikramganj None Sant Prasad Singh 230 Jagdismpur None Shiv Pujan Varma 231 Piro None Jay Narayan 232 Sahar SC Rajdeo Ram 233 Arwal None Rang Bahadur Singh 234 Kurtha None Ramashray Pd. Singh 235 Makhdumpur SC Ram Sawroop Ram 236 Jehanabad None Hari Lal Prasad Sinha 237 Ghosi None Ramashraya Prasad Singh 238 Belaganj None Jitendra Pd. Singh 239 Gom None Muneshwer Nath Singh 240 Daudnagar None Ram Vilas Singh 241 Obra None Narain Singh 242 Nabinagar None Yugal Singh 243 Aurangabad None Brij Mohan Singh 244 Rafiganj SC Faguni Ram 245 Imamganj SC Awadheshewar Ram 246 Sherghati None Jairam Giri 247 Barachatti SC Mohan Ram 248 Bodh Gaya SC Balik Ram 249 Konch None Nand Kumar Singh 250 Gaya None Yugal Kishore Prasad 251 Gaya Muffasil None Surajdeo Singh 252 Atri None Maheshwari Prasad Singh 253 Hisua None Shatruhan Sharan Singh 254 Nawada None Gayatri Devi 255 Rajauli SC Banwari Ram 256 Warsaliganj None Shyam Sunder Pd. Singh 257 Gobindpur None Amarit Prasad 258 Kodarma None Rajendranath Dan 259 Dhanwar None Punit Rai 260 Gawan SC Taneshwar Azad 261 Jamua None Ritlal Prasad Verma 262 Giridih None Chaturanan Mishra 263 Dumri None Murli Bhagat 264 Bermo None Vindeshwari Dubey 265 Bagodar None K. Basant Narain Singh 266 Barhi None Rameshwar Prasad Mahtha 267 Hazaribagh None Raghunandan Prasad 268 Chauparan None Nand Kishore Singh 269 Chatra None Tapeshwar Deo 270 Barkagaon SC Mahesh Ram 271 Ramgarh None Manzurul Hassan Khan, Shahdun Nisha 272 Mandu None Birendra Kumar Pandey 273 Jaridih None Chhatru Ram Mahton 274 Chandankiyari SC Durga Charan Das 275 Topchanchi None Shankar Dayal Singh 276 Baghmara None Imamul Hai Khan 277 Dhanbad None Chinmoy Mukherjee 278 Tundi None Satya Narayan Singh 279 Nirsa None Nirmalendu Bhattacharya 280 Sindri None A. K. Roy 281 Jharia None Sheo Kumar Rai 282 Baharagora None Shibu Ranjan Khan 283 Ghatsila ST Tika Ram Majhi 284 Patamda None Ghana Shyam Mahato 285 Jamshedpur East None Kedar Das 286 Jamshedpur West None Ramavatar Singh 287 Jugsalia ST Sanatan Majhi 288 Sakaikella None Shatbhanu Singhdeo 289 Chaibassa ST Bagun Sumbrui 290 Majhgaon ST Debendra Nath Champia 291 Manoharpur ST Durga Prasad Jamuda 292 Jaganathpur ST Sidiu Hembrom 293 Chakradharpur ST Theodore Bodra 294 Ichagarh None Shatrughan Aditya Deo 295 Kharsawan ST Gulab Singh Munda 296 Tamar ST Banmali Singh Munda 297 Tokpa ST Virsing Munda 298 Khunti ST Tiru Muchi Rai Munda 299 Silli SC Ram Ratan Ram 300 Khijri ST Umrao Sadho Kujur 301 Ranchi None Deopat Sahu 302 Kanke None Ram Tahal Chaudhary 303 Kolebira ST S. K. Bage 304 Simdega ST Simon Tigga 305 Chainpur ST Jairam Oraon 306 Gumla ST Bairagi Oraon 307 Sisai ST Sukru Bhagat 308 Bero ST Karam Chand Bhagat 309 Mandar ST Srikrishna Bhagat 310 Lohardaga ST Bihari Lakba 311 Latehar ST Vijoy Virendra Kumar 312 Panki SC Nal Deo Ram 313 Daltongaj None Puran Chand 314 Garhwa None Awadh Kishore Tiwari 315 Bhawanathpur None Shanker Pratap Deo 316 Leslieganj None Bhisma Narayan Singh 317 Bishrampur SC Ramdeni Ram 318 Hussainabad None Awadhesh Kumar Singh
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