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Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) defeats Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress by 33,008 votes.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 32,851 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 29 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 31,261 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 26 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 31,283 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 25 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 30,601 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 24 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 29,063 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 23 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 29,030 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 22 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 27,626 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 21 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 27,196 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after 20 rounds of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 26,521 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 19 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 26,183 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 18 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 24,170 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 16 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 17,991 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 13 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 15,206 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 11 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 13,794 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 10 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 11,551 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 9 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 9,379 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 7 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 8,174 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 6 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 7,982 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 5 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 6,280 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 4 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 4,851 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 3 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) leading by 3,476 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 2 of counting.
Shrawon Kumar of the Janata Dal United takes a lead of 2,782 votes against Kaushalendra Kumar of the Indian National Congress after round 1 of counting.
EVM counting starts.
In the last assembly election, the JDU's Shrawon Kumar defeated Kaushalendra Kumar, who represented the Jantantrik Vikas Party then.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the JDU had led from the segment.
The counting of postal ballot votes has started.
Shrawon Kumar had successively won the seat seven times since 1995.
Nalanda, which went to polls in phase 1, saw a turnout of 61.16% in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections.
There are 10 candidates in the fray, out of which the main candidates are Shrawon Kumar from the JDU, Kaushalendra Kumar of the Congress and Kumari Poonam Sinha from the Jan Suraaj Party. Priyadarshi Ashok of the BSP is also among the candidates.
The counting for the seats of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 will begin at 8 a.m. at 46 counting centres across 38 districts.
The high-stakes political battle was mainly between the NDA and the grand alliance. New entrant Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj fought for all 243 seats.
The NDA includes the BJP, JDU, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
The Mahagathbandhan includes the RJD, Congress, CPI (M-L), CPI, CPI(M) and Vikasheel Insaan Party.
Elections to the 121 seats of the 243-member assembly were held on Nov. 6, while the remaining 122 constituencies went to polls on Nov. 11. A voter turnout of 66.91% was registered in the Bihar polls.
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