Elections 98

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Nalanda
Total Votes Polled:	894028
Winner: SAP	George Fernandes	444784
Runner Up: RJD	Ram Swaroop Prasad	329114
Margin: 115670 (26%)

Elections 96

State:	Bihar
Constituency:	Nalanda
Total Votes Polled:	890894
Winner: SAP	George Fernandes	486703
Runner Up: CPI	Vijai Kumar Yadav	318839
Margin: 167864 (19.01%)

The ancient centre of learning was represented in the 11th Lok Sabha by Goerge Fernandes of the Samata Party. The second place in 1996 was held by the CPI, but more significant was the third position: it belonged to the CPI-ML which won 3.76 % of the vote.