Nalanda Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: JDU's Shrawon Kumar Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, October 20: The Nalanda Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 94 seats that went to polls in the second phase of the Bihar assembly elections 2020. From Nalanda assembly constituency, JD(U) leader Shrawon Kumar was elected as an MLA. The results of the Bihar assembly elections were announced today. Gaya Town Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date.

Shrawon Kumar faced a challenge from Congress candidate Gunjan Patel.  In 2015, the JD(U) leader defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Kaushlendra Kumar. However, this time the JD(U) and BJP formed an alliance and shared seats. Similarly, Congress had a seat-sharing agreement with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Dates And Schedule: Voting in 3 Phases on October 28, November 3 and 7, Poll Results on Nov 10.

As per the seat-sharing agreement, the JD(U) was allotted 122 seats out of the 243 Bihar constituencies while its ally BJP got 121 seats. Bihar went to polls in three phases: October 28, November 3 and November 7 for its 243 assembly seats. For seats going to polls in the second phase, the last date of filing nomination papers was October 16. Nominations were scrutinised on October 17. The last date for withdrawal was October 19.

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