In the 1977 election to the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, the Janata Party secured 214 out of a total of 325 seats.[1] Karpoori Thakur (जननायक) was elected as leader of the Janata party legislature, defeating Janata party chief Satyendra Narain Sinha, and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar on 17June 1977. Here are the names of the ministers:[2]
Cabinet ministers
- Karpoori Thakur - Chief minister
- Kailashpati Mishra - second in command Finance Minister[3]
- Jogeswar Mandal
- Kapildeo Singh
- Thakur Prasad
- Anup Lal Yadav
- Sumitra Devi
- Sacchidanand Singh - Irrigation Minister
- Jabir Hussain - Health Minister
- Thakur Muneshwar Singh - Energy and later Irrigation Minister
- Samsher Jang Bahadur Singh - Labour Minister
- Yadunath Baskey - Tribal Welfare Minister