Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Nalanda (Bihar) was won by Kaushlendra Kumar (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 256,137 votes over Ashok Kumar Azad. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Nalanda, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Kailash Pati Singh
Indian National Congress
75,835
47.1%
Krishna Pd. Sinha (Independent)
18,319 (11.4 pts)
1962
Sidheshwar Prasad
Indian National Congress
95,883
43.5%
Vijay Kumar Yadav (Communist Party of India)
36,914 (16.8 pts)
1967
S. Prasad
Indian National Congress
148,410
46.9%
K. N. P. Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
78,093 (24.7 pts)
1971
Sedheshwar Prasad
Indian National Congress
223,398
57.9%
Shyam Sunder Prasad (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
129,700 (33.6 pts)
1977
Birendra Prasad
Bharatiya Lok Dal
284,684
54.1%
Vijay Kumar Yadav (Communist Party of India)
141,022 (26.8 pts)
1980
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
198,959
38.4%
Sidheshwar Prasad (Congress (U))
62,601 (12.1 pts)
1984
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
230,531
37.0%
Pankaj Kumar Sinha (Indian National Congress)
39,471 (6.3 pts)
1989
Ram Saroop Prasad
Indian National Congress
256,349
36.7%
Vijoy Kumar Yadav (Communist Party of India)
11,212 (1.6 pts)
1991
Vijoy Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
365,566
46.5%
Ram Swaroop Prasad (Indian National Congress)
91,871 (11.7 pts)
1996
George Ferandes
SAP
486,703
55.1%
Vijai Kumar Yadav (Communist Party of India)
167,864 (19.0 pts)
1998
George Fernandes
SAP
444,784
50.3%
Ram Swaroop Prasad (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
115,670 (13.1 pts)
1999
George Fernandes
Janata Dal (United)
464,458
53.3%
Gaya Singh (Communist Party of India)
105,821 (12.1 pts)
2004
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
471,310
52.7%
Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay (LJP)
102,396 (11.4 pts)
2009
Kaushalendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
299,155
52.6%
Satish Kumar (LJP)
152,677 (26.9 pts)
2014
Kaushlendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
321,982
34.9%
Satya Nand Sharma (Lok Janshakti Party)
9,627 (1.0 pts)
2019
Kaushlendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
540,888
52.9%
Ashok Kumar Azad (HAM(S))
256,137 (25.0 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kailash Pati Singh
Indian National Congress
75,835
47.1%
Krishna Pd. Sinha
Independent
57,516
35.7%
Bodhnarayan Prasad
Independent
16,408
10.2%
Badri Pd. Singh
Independent
11,245
7.0%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sidheshwar Prasad
Indian National Congress
95,883
43.5%
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
58,969
26.8%
Hari Har Prasad
Jharkhand Party
40,921
18.6%
Bodh Narain Prasad
Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh
13,089
5.9%
Moqtazib Shah
Independent
6,622
3.0%
Badro Prasad Singh
Independent
4,941
2.2%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S. Prasad
Indian National Congress
148,410
46.9%
K. N. P. Singh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
70,317
22.2%
S. A. Ahmed
Communist Party of India
57,192
18.1%
B. N. Prasad
Independent
22,775
7.2%
S. Mochi
Independent
17,770
5.6%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sedheshwar Prasad
Indian National Congress
223,398
57.9%
Shyam Sunder Prasad
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
93,698
24.3%
Ram Raj Prasad Singh
Congress (O)
42,259
11.0%
H. Rashid
Indian Union Muslim League
10,518
2.7%
Guru Sahay Arya
Independent
5,591
1.4%
Brij Nandan Yadav
Independent
5,237
1.4%
Ram Prasad Singh
Independent
2,903
0.8%
Ram Naresh Sharma
BKD
2,033
0.5%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Birendra Prasad
Bharatiya Lok Dal
284,684
54.1%
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
143,662
27.3%
Sidheshwar Prasad
Indian National Congress
81,940
15.6%
Bodh Narayan Prasad
Independent
4,224
0.8%
Raj Nandan Prasad
RPI
4,211
0.8%
Nand Kishore Prasad Singh
SSD
3,407
0.6%
Rajendra Prasad
Independent
2,223
0.4%
Shri Prasad Singh
Independent
1,469
0.3%
Suresh Chandra Pandey Azad
Independent
830
0.2%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
198,959
38.4%
Sidheshwar Prasad
Congress (U)
136,358
26.3%
Ram Sharan Prasad Singh
Congress (I)
117,433
22.7%
Virendra Prasad
Janata Party
56,896
11.0%
Rashosh
Independent
4,497
0.9%
Vijayanand Prasad
Independent
1,271
0.2%
Bodh Narayan Prasad
Independent
1,095
0.2%
Gulab Das
Independent
747
0.1%
Sachida Nandan Prasad Singh
Independent
536
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
230,531
37.0%
Pankaj Kumar Sinha
Indian National Congress
191,060
30.7%
Vishwa Mohan Choudhary
Bharatiya Janata Party
151,100
24.3%
Rajendar Prasad
Independent
21,583
3.5%
Ayodhya Pd. Singh
Independent
10,532
1.7%
Visheshar Singh
Independent
7,863
1.3%
Abdul Majeed
Independent
1,654
0.3%
Ramdeo Jamadar
Independent
1,512
0.2%
Valgovind Prasad
Independent
1,173
0.2%
Ram Suhavan Sharma
Independent
1,010
0.2%
Visheshwar Nr. Singh
Independent
988
0.2%
Dhananjay Kumar Rahi
Independent
804
0.1%
Nand Kishore Prasad Singh
Independent
767
0.1%
Girija Malakar
Independent
674
0.1%
Amar Nath Singh
Independent
635
0.1%
Sasi Nandan Prasad
Independent
354
0.1%
Ashok Kumar
Independent
325
0.1%
Sunil Kumar Chaudhary
Independent
286
0.0%
Ram Parisit Gosain
Independent
170
0.0%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ram Saroop Prasad
Indian National Congress
256,349
36.7%
Vijoy Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
245,137
35.1%
Chandrakanta Sinha
Bharatiya Janata Party
119,834
17.2%
Krishna Deo Singh Yadav
IPF
66,536
9.5%
Rameshwar Chauhan
Independent
2,728
0.4%
Vijai Rana
DDP
1,893
0.3%
Kaushlendra Kumar
Independent
1,232
0.2%
Mohan Prasad
Independent
986
0.1%
Sita Ram Singh
JNP (JP)
818
0.1%
Shishupal Kumar
Independent
756
0.1%
Shiboo Mahto
Independent
555
0.1%
Udir Prasad
Independent
508
0.1%
Vijayanand Prasad
LKD (B)
489
0.1%
Anil Kumar
Independent
301
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vijoy Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
365,566
46.5%
Ram Swaroop Prasad
Indian National Congress
273,695
34.8%
Mitranand Singh
IPF
69,331
8.8%
Chandrakanta Sinha (W)
Bharatiya Janata Party
66,789
8.5%
Usha Prasad (W)
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,355
0.3%
Ram Lakhan Pd. Yadav
Independent
2,310
0.3%
Dhananjai Kumar Rahi
Independent
726
0.1%
Udit Prasad
Janata Party
615
0.1%
Shambhu Sharan Singh
Independent
609
0.1%
Rajendra Narain Sinha
Janata Party
461
0.1%
Md. Haider Ali
Independent
373
0.0%
Chandeshwar Prasad Gupta
Independent
330
0.0%
Yamuna Prasad
Independent
324
0.0%
Indradeo Singh Gautam
Independent
318
0.0%
Bhushan Prasad
LKD
313
0.0%
Chhote Lal
DDP
290
0.0%
Sukanta Sharma (W)
Independent
247
0.0%
Gauri Shanker Chaudhary
Independent
210
0.0%
Md. Ehtesham
Independent
195
0.0%
Sanaul Haque
Independent
173
0.0%
Jaivir Prasad
Independent
159
0.0%
Babu Ram Singh
Independent
123
0.0%
Harnandan Prasad
Independent
60
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George Ferandes
SAP
486,703
55.1%
Vijai Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
318,839
36.1%
Mitra Nand Singh
CPI (ML) Liberation
33,184
3.8%
Satish Kumar
Indian National Congress
25,722
2.9%
Vajnish Kumar
Independent
2,260
0.3%
Shiv Shank.Prasad
Independent
1,825
0.2%
Ganauri Yadav
Independent
1,369
0.2%
Arvind Prasad
Independent
1,334
0.2%
Naresh Prasad
Independent
1,276
0.1%
Jagdeo Thakur
Independent
1,107
0.1%
Ram Swaroop Prasad
Independent
1,019
0.1%
Md. Mahfooz Hashmi
Independent
969
0.1%
Vanwarisharan Prasad
Independent
911
0.1%
Dwarika Prasad
Independent
659
0.1%
Bodh Narain Prasad
Independent
652
0.1%
Shiv Dkumar Patel
Independent
652
0.1%
Jagdish Prasad
Independent
502
0.1%
Virendra Kumar
PSSS
479
0.1%
Shanker Sab
Independent
440
0.0%
Krishn Prasad
Independent
362
0.0%
Nagendra Prasad
Independent
313
0.0%
Dhirendra Kumar Singh
Independent
273
0.0%
Md.Aftab Alam
Independent
252
0.0%
Indradeo Singh Gautam
Independent
245
0.0%
Vijayanandn Prasad
Independent
243
0.0%
Bengali Prasad Ram
Independent
226
0.0%
Md. Shamim Luddin
Independent
216
0.0%
Nasim Uddin
Independent
186
0.0%
Udit Prasad
Independent
178
0.0%
Kumar Raj Manoranjan Singh
Independent
174
0.0%
Nageshwar Prasad Singh
Independent
154
0.0%
Kumari Bachchi Sinha
Independent
115
0.0%
Arun Kumar Mehta
Independent
98
0.0%
Md. Arnebarul Haque
Independent
79
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George Fernandes
SAP
444,784
50.3%
Ram Swaroop Prasad
Rashtriya Janata Dal
329,114
37.2%
Surendra Ram
CPI (ML) Liberation
51,291
5.8%
Vijay Kumar Yadav
Communist Party of India
49,539
5.6%
Arjun Pandey
ICS
2,356
0.3%
Vinod Paswan
Independent
2,134
0.2%
Shivshankar Prasad
Shiv Sena
1,741
0.2%
Arun Kumar Mehta
Independent
1,560
0.2%
Naresh Das
Independent
1,140
0.1%
Sudhir Kumar
Independent
631
0.1%
Ram Pyare Tiwari
Independent
429
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George Fernandes
Janata Dal (United)
464,458
53.3%
Gaya Singh
Communist Party of India
358,637
41.1%
Surendra Ram
CPI (ML) Liberation
42,612
4.9%
Siwa Shankar Prasad
SJP(R)
1,750
0.2%
Ramashray Singh
Independent
1,332
0.2%
Basudeo Prasad
Independent
1,120
0.1%
Anil Kr Madhukar
Independent
842
0.1%
Arun Kumar Mehta
Independent
427
0.0%
Chhote Paswan
Independent
401
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
471,310
52.7%
Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay
LJP
368,914
41.2%
Permanand Prasad
CPI (ML) Liberation
19,124
2.1%
Ram Prawesh Prasad
Bahujan Samaj Party
16,489
1.8%
Jageshwar Yadav
Samajwadi Party
4,479
0.5%
Rajesh Kumar
Independent
3,440
0.4%
Jyoteshwar Kumar Sharma
Independent
2,366
0.3%
Nawal Kishore Singh
Independent
2,105
0.2%
Arun Kumar Mehta
Independent
1,826
0.2%
Bajang Prasad Kesari
RSMD
1,782
0.2%
Mohan Saw
Independent
1,344
0.2%
Chandra Bhushan Kumar
Independent
1,051
0.1%
Shiv Shankar Prasad
Shiv Sena
886
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kaushalendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
299,155
52.6%
Satish Kumar
LJP
146,478
25.8%
Anil Singh
LTSD
20,335
3.6%
Dev Kishore Rai
Bahujan Samaj Party
13,953
2.5%
Ramswaroop Prasad
Indian National Congress
13,470
2.4%
Arun Kumar
Independent
10,676
1.9%
Shashi Yadav
CPI (ML) Liberation
9,514
1.7%
Haricharan Prasad
BMF
9,281
1.6%
Saryug Prasad Sahasth
Independent
6,992
1.2%
Kaushal Kumar Kaushalendra Sinha
Independent
5,238
0.9%
Saudagar Ram
BSKP
4,861
0.9%
Vinod Kumar Patel
LM
4,132
0.7%
Vijay Kumar
JPS
3,672
0.6%
Amar Kant Sah
RPP
3,445
0.6%
Kumar Rajesh
Independent
2,430
0.4%
Chandramani Kumar "Mani"
Independent
2,079
0.4%
Kapil Deo Singh
Independent
2,002
0.4%
Jitendra Kumar
Independent
1,628
0.3%
Rekha Kumari
AD
1,553
0.3%
Santosh Kumar
Independent
1,344
0.2%
Ujjwal Kant Hunkar
Indian Union Muslim League
1,281
0.2%
Devendra Pratap
EKSP
1,254
0.2%
Priyranjan Kumar
BJJD
1,195
0.2%
Naresh Paswan
Independent
1,150
0.2%
Ranjeet Kumar
BPD
1,101
0.2%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kaushlendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
321,982
34.9%
Satya Nand Sharma
Lok Janshakti Party
312,355
33.9%
Ashish Ranjan Sinha
Indian National Congress
127,270
13.8%
Sanjay Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
23,595
2.6%
Shashi Yadav
CPI (ML) Liberation
19,477
2.1%
Parnav Prakash
Aam Aadmi Party
18,224
2.0%
Shailesh Kumar
AP
15,370
1.7%
Rakesh Ranjan Sinha
RPI(A)
13,381
1.5%
Dhirendra Kumar
JP(S)
8,757
1.0%
Kaushal Kumar Kaushalendra Sinha Alias Bharat Manas
Independent
7,472
0.8%
Lallu Ram
BMP
6,788
0.7%
Awadh Kumar
Independent
6,346
0.7%
Munna Prasad
Independent
6,048
0.7%
None Of The Above
Independent
5,452
0.6%
Nayeb Ali
All India Trinamool Congress
4,613
0.5%
Yogendra Prasad
BIP
4,600
0.5%
Mahesh Paswan
BBMP
4,236
0.5%
Naresh Prasad Singh
Independent
3,620
0.4%
Pramod Kumar Nirala
SBP
2,779
0.3%
Vishwajit Kumar
Independent
2,604
0.3%
Niraj Sharma
RVP
2,342
0.3%
Lata Sinha
Independent
2,237
0.2%
Bhola Sao
KVD
2,213
0.2%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kaushlendra Kumar
Janata Dal (United)
540,888
52.9%
Ashok Kumar Azad
HAM(S)
284,751
27.8%
Ramvilaf Paswan
RHS
21,276
2.1%
Brahamdev Prasad
SSD
16,346
1.6%
Shashi Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,675
1.2%
Rakesh Paswan
Independent
11,964
1.2%
Ashok Kumar
Independent
10,137
1.0%
Rekha Kumari
PM
9,150
0.9%
Ramchandra Singh
Independent
9,075
0.9%
Anil Kumar
BJKD(D)
8,086
0.8%
Ramchandra Prasad
SUP
6,514
0.6%
Sunil Ravidas
RPI
6,428
0.6%
Mintu Kumar
Independent
6,325
0.6%
Kumar Hari Charan Singh Yadav
BMF
6,187
0.6%
Rajeev Ranjan Kumar
JAP
5,962
0.6%
Chiranjib Kumar
Shiv Sena
5,520
0.5%
Punit Kumar
Independent
5,058
0.5%
Shankar Pandey
BND
4,768
0.5%
Purushotam Sharma
NJP
4,444
0.4%
Sampati Kumar
SBSP
4,434
0.4%
Ram Charitra Prasad Singh
HND
4,412
0.4%
Sanjeet Kumar
JVP
3,668
0.4%
Mohan Bind
Independent
3,474
0.3%
Usha Devi
Independent
3,381
0.3%
Shashi Kumar
Nationalist Congress Party
3,083
0.3%
Surendra Singh
BPP
2,973
0.3%
Dilip Rawat
MJP
2,966
0.3%
Sudhir Kumar
Independent
2,901
0.3%
Rajnish Kumar Paswan
Independent
2,602
0.3%
Nita Devi
Independent
2,399
0.2%
Pawan Kumar Pandey
BLRP
2,322
0.2%
Dinanath Pandey
Independent
2,231
0.2%
Mohammad Surkhab Alam
Independent
2,216
0.2%
Shailendra Chaudhari
Independent
2,171
0.2%
Sohavan Paswan
PMP
2,073
0.2%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Nalanda has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, SAP, Janata Dal (United).
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Nalanda in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Kaushlendra Kumar (Janata Dal (United)) won Nalanda, Bihar, in 2019 with 540,888 votes (52.9%), a margin of 256,137 votes over Ashok Kumar Azad.
Which parties have won Nalanda since 1957?
Since 1957, Nalanda has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal (United), SAP.
What was the closest result in Nalanda?
The closest result on record for Nalanda was 2014, when Janata Dal (United) beat Lok Janshakti Party by just 9,627 votes (1.0 percentage points).