Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency

Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. In 1957, the erstwhile Patna Central constituency was renamed as Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency.

Most Successful parties from Nalanda Lok Sabha

1. JDU (7 Times) (41.2%)
2. INC(5 Times) (29.4%)
3. CPI (2 time) (11.8%)
4. Samta Party (2 time) (11.8%)
5. Janata Party (1 time) (5.88%)

Nalanda
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Asthawan Biharsharif Rajgir Islampur Hilsa Nalanda Harnaut
Established	1957
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kaushalendra Kumar
Party	JD(U)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Ram Swaroop Prasad

Assembly segments

Presently, Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
171	Asthawan	Nalanda	Jitendra Kumar		JDU		JDU
172	Biharsharif		Sunil Kumar		BJP		JDU
173	Rajgir (SC)		Kaushal Kishore		JDU		JDU
174	Islampur		Rakesh Kumar Raushan		RJD		JDU
175	Hilsa		Krishnamurari Sharan		JDU		JDU
176	Nalanda		Shrawan Kumar		JDU		JDU
177	Harnaut		Hari Narayan Singh		JDU		JDU

Members of Parliament

1952-1957

As Patna Central Lok Sabha constituency.

Year	Name	Party
1952	Kailash Pati Sinha		Indian National Congress

1957-Present

As Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency

Year	Name	Party
1957	Kailash Pati Sinha		Indian National Congress
1962	Siddheshwar Prasad
1967
1971
1977	Birendra Prasad		Janata Party
1980	Vijay Kumar Yadav		Communist Party of India
1984
1989	Ram Swarup Prasad		Indian National Congress
1991	Vijay Kumar Yadav		Communist Party of India
1996	George Fernandes		Samata Party
1998
1999			Janata Dal (United)
2004	Nitish Kumar
2005^	Ram Swarup Prasad
2009	Kaushalendra Kumar
2014
2019
2024

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Nalanda^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kaushalendra Kumar	559,422	48.88
	CPI(ML)L	Sandeep Saurav	3,90,308	34.11
	NOTA	None of the above	19,217	1.68
Majority
Turnout			11,44,956	49.91
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Nalanda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kaushalendra Kumar	540,888	52.45
	HAM(S)	Ashok Kumar Azad	2,84,751	27.61
	IND.	Ramvilaf Paswan	21,276	2.06
	IND.	Brahamdev Prasad	16,346	1.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,426	0.82
Majority			2,56,137	24.84
Turnout			10,31,874	48.79
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Nalanda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kaushalendra Kumar	3,21,982	34.93
	LJP	Satya Nand Sharma	3,12,355	33.88
	INC	Ashish Ranjan Sinha	1,27,270	13.81
	BSP	Sanjay Kumar	23,595	2.56
	CPI(ML)L	Shashi Yadav	19,477	2.11
	None of the Above	None of the Above	5,452	0.59
Majority			9,627	1.05
Turnout			9,21,761	47.22
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Nalanda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kaushalendra Kumar	2,99,155	52.65
	LJP	Satish Kumar	1,46,478	25.78
	LTSD	Anil Singh	20,335	3.58
	BSP	Dev Kishore Rai	13,953	2.46
	INC	Ramswaroop Prasad	13,470	2.37
	IND.	Arun Kumar	10,676	1.88
Majority			1,52,677	26.87
Turnout			5,68,219	33.05
	JD(U) hold		Swing

See also

• Nalanda district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha