| Nalanda Assembly constituency | |
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| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Nalanda |
| Established | 1977 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Shravan Kumar | |
| Party | Janata Dal (United) |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Nalanda Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Rajgir, Harnaut, Islampur, Hilsa, Asthawan and Bihar Sharif. [1]
Nalanda comprises CD Blocks Noorsarai & Ben; Gram Panchayats Nirpur, Bargaon & Surajpur of Silao CD Block; Gram Panchayats Biyavani, Maghrconstituenciesa, Dumrawan, Pachauri, Ranabigha & Meghi Nagwan of Bihar CD Block; Gram Panchayats Barnausa, Meyar, Bhui, Pilkhi, Goraur, Nahub, Pathraura & Lodipur of Rajgir CD Block. [2]
| Year | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Shyam Sundar Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Ram Naresh Singh | Independent politician | |
| 1985 | Shyam Sunder Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Ram Naresh Singh | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Shrawan Kumar | Samata Party | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shrawan Kumar | 66,066 | 38.97 | ||
| Jantantrik Vikas Party | Kaushalendra Kumar | 49,989 | 29.48 | ||
| INC | Gunjan Patel | 17,293 | 10.20 | ||
| LJP | Ram Keshwar Prasad | 10,951 | 6.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,316 | 0.78 | ||
| Majority | 16,077 | 9.49 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shrawan Kumar | 72,596 | 44.78 | ||
| BJP | Kaushalendra Kumar | 69,600 | 42.93 | ||
| Majority | 2,996 | ||||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | 10.66 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shrawan Kumar | 61532 | 49.78 | ||
| RJD | Arun Kumar | 37030 | 30.63 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||