Results of the Lok Sabha election in Nalanda, along with other parliamentary seats, has been declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Kaushlendra Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) has won the constituency. The seat went to polls on May 19, in the final phase of general elections. A voter turnout of 71 per cent was recorded by the ECI. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results: Check Tally of BJP, Congress, Other Parties.

On April 22, the ECI would issue notification for the seventh phase of the elections. Nalanda is among the eight seats in Bihar which will be contested in this round of the polls. The last date of filing the nominations was April 29. The Mahagathbandhan had fielded HAM(S) leader Ashok Kumar Azad Chandravanshi from the Nalanda seat, whereas, the NDA candidates is JD(U)'s Kaushalendra Kumar.

Nalanda, in the 2014 general elections, was won by Kaushalendra Kumar with a narrow margin of over 9,000 votes. He had succeeded in retaining the constituency despite the Narendra Modi wave which swept across 31 constituencies of Bihar.

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Results of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 will be declared on May 23. Outcome of the poll battle in Bihar is being keenly observed by pollsters, as the state accounts for 40 seats in the Parliament.

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