Patna Sahib election results 2025: BJP Ratnesh Kumar wins with a margin of 38,900 votes

Patna Sahib election results 2025: Ratnesh Kumar is set to continue the four-decade legacy of Nand Kishore Yadav in the urban bastion of the BJP.

BJP's Ratnesh Kumar (left) with party veteran Nand Kishor Yadav, who had represented the Patna Sahib constituency for four decades. (ANI)

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• 14 Nov 2025, 05:54:47 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: BJP's Ratnesh Kumar wins

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has won by 38,900 votes after 31/31 rounds of counting of votes.

  - Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,30,366 (+38,900)

  - Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 91,466 (-38,900)

  - Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 5,263 (-1,25,103)

• 14 Nov 2025, 05:27:29 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Counting of votes done

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 38,900 votes after 31/31 rounds of counting of votes.

  - Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,30,366 (+38,900)

  - Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 91,466 (-38,900)

  - Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 5,263 (-1,25,103)

• 14 Nov 2025, 04:55:10 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: BJP on the verge of victory

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 38,460 votes after 30/31 rounds of counting of votes.

  - Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,29,362 (+38,460)

  - Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 90,902 (-38,460)

  - Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 5,196 (-1,24,166)

• 14 Nov 2025, 04:29:02 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 29/31 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 39,424 votes after 29/31 rounds of counting of votes.

  - Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,28,816 (+39,424)

  - Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 89,392 (-39,424)

  - Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 5,170 (-1,23,646)

• 14 Nov 2025, 04:15:04 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: BJP's Ratnesh Kumar set for massive win

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 39,065 votes after 28 rounds of counting of votes.

  - Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,25,041 (+39,065)

  - Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 85,976 (-39,065)

  - Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 4,986 (-1,20,055)

• 14 Nov 2025, 03:40:32 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 25 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 30,389 votes after 25 rounds of counting of votes.

  - Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,08,289 (+30,389)

  - Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 77,900 (-30,389)

  - Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 4,372 (-1,03,917)

• 14 Nov 2025, 03:17:52 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 24 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 26,689 votes after 24 rounds of counting of votes.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 1,02,410 (+26,689)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 75,721 (-26,689)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 4,149 (-98,261)
• 14 Nov 2025, 03:03:26 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 23 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 25,127 votes after 23 rounds of counting of votes.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 98,189 (+25,127)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 73,062 (-25,127)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 4,012 (-94,177)
• 14 Nov 2025, 02:34:02 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 21 rounds of voting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 19,525 votes after 21 rounds of counting of votes.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 86,956 (+19,525)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 67,431 (-19,525)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 3648 (-83,308)
• 14 Nov 2025, 02:10:46 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: BJP lead slims after 20 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 17,927 votes after 20 rounds of counting of votes.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 81,703 (+16,453)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 65,250 (-16,453)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 3428 (-78,275)
• 14 Nov 2025, 01:53:48 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LI: Key trends after 18 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on Election Commission of India's (ECI) website for Patna Sahib election results, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 17,927 votes after 18 rounds of counting of votes.

  Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 74,662 (+17,927)

  Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 56,735 (-17,927)

  Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 3,153 (-71,509)

• 14 Nov 2025, 12:34:55 PM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 13 rounds of counting

  According to the latest trends on the Election Commission of India's (ECI) website, the BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 12,785 votes after 13 rounds of counting of votes.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 53,044 (+12,785)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 40,259 (-12,785)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 2,282 (-50,762)
• 14 Nov 2025, 11:25:08 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after 8 rounds of counting

  The BJP has extended its lead over the Congress by 7,010 votes after eight rounds of counting of votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) website.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 31,308 (+7,010)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 24,298 ( -7,010)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 1,348 ( -29,960)

• 14 Nov 2025, 11:04:07 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: BJP extends lead after seven rounds of counting

  According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP has flipped into a lead and extended gains in its urban bastion of Patna Sahib after seven rounds of counting of votes. That, after trailing the Congress for five rounds.

  After seven rounds of counting of votes:

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 26,453 (+4,443)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 22,010 (-4,443)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 1,166 (-25,287)
• 14 Nov 2025, 10:51:00 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: BJP flips into a lead after six rounds of counting

  According to the Election Commission of India, after six rounds of counting of votes, the BJP has flipped into a lead over the Congress after traiiling for the previous five rounds.

  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 21,114 (+1,231)
  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 19,883 (-1,231)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 928 ( -20,186)
• 14 Nov 2025, 10:33:40 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after five rounds of counting

  According to the Election Commission of India, after five rounds of counting of votes, Congress is leading in the BJP bastion of Patna Sahib by 2,633 votes.

  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 18,402 (+2,633)
  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 15,769 (-2,633)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 713 (-17,689)

  Patna Sahib was represented by BJP's Nand Kishore Yadav since the assembly constituency was formed in 2010. In fact, he has been an MLA from the Patna region for seven consecutive terms. He, however, had to vacate the seat since he became the Bihar Assembly speaker this year.

• 14 Nov 2025, 10:20:18 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Key trends after four rounds of counting

  As per Election Commission of India, after four rounds of counting of votes:

  • Shashant Shekhar (Congress): 15,284 (+3,281)
  • Ratnesh Kumar (BJP): 12,003 (-3,281)
  • Vinita Mishra (Jan Suraaj Party): 557 (-14,727)
• 14 Nov 2025, 09:58:53 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Shashant Shekhar extends lead to 5,494 votes

  According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Congress' Shashant Shekhar is ahead with 9,722 votes after two rounds of counting of votes, even as Ratnesh Kumar Kushwaha — BJP's stand-in for Nand Kishore Yadav — trailing with 4,228 votes.

• 14 Nov 2025, 09:29:44 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results LIVE: Congress' Shashant Shekhar leads in BJP bastion

  According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Congress' Shashant Shekhar is leading in the BJP bastion of Patna Sahib with 5,369 votes after one round of counting of votes. BJP's Ratnesh Kumar is trailing with 1,371 votes.

• 14 Nov 2025, 08:49:25 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results 2025 LIVE: New faces in the fray

  BJP is fielding Ratnesh Kushwaha this time, as the veteran MLA Nand Kishore Yadav moved to the Lok Sabha. The MGB's challenge, the Congress' Shashant Shekhar, faces the daunting task of capturing a seat that have resisted all opposition waves.

• 14 Nov 2025, 08:16:47 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results 2025 LIVE: A look at the BJP stronghold

  Patna Sahib has been a fortress for the BJP, continuously held by its veteran leader Nand Kishore Yadav since its formation. Now, since he has become the assembly speaker, will Ratnesh Kushwaha continue the domination or cede to Congress' Shashant Shekhar?

• 14 Nov 2025, 08:04:34 AM IST

  Patna Sahib election results 2025 LIVE: The countdown begins

  Patna Sahib is one of the most prestigious seats in the state, as the election result here often dictates the mood of urban Bihar.