Patna Sahib Election Result 2025 LIVE: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha Defeats Congress' Shashant Shekhar By Over 38,000 Votes

Patna Sahib Election Result 2025 LIVE: The counting of votes in all 243 Assembly constituencies in Bihar has begun, and all eyes are now on Patna Sahib, one of the stronghold seats of the Bharatiya Janata

Party (BJP). The constituency, which voted in the first phase on November 6, continues to command attention for its intense contest and strategic significance in Bihar’s political landscape.ALSO READ | Bihar Election Results 2025 LIVECounting began at 8 AM, and early trends are expected soon. Stay tuned to this space for real-time updates, candidate leads, vote margins, and final results from Patna Sahib as they come in.

LIVE UPDATES: Patna Sahib Assembly Election Result 2025

• 7:00 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha defeats Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of 38,900 votes, registering a decisive victory, in one of the interesting contest in Bihar Election 2025.
• 6:00 PM: Ratnesh Kushwaha continues to lead against Congress' Shashant Shekhar by over 38,000 votes.
• 5:30 PM: Ratnesh Kushwaha nears victory against Congress' Shashant Shekhar as the counting of votes enters in the final round. He is currently leading by a margin of near 39,000 votes.
• 5:00 PM: Ratnesh Kushwaha now leads by a margin of over 38,000 votes after 30 rounds of voting against Shashant Shekhar. He is almost set to win the election as there is just one round of voting remains to be counted.
• 4:00 PM: Ratnesh Kushwaha is now leading by over 39,000 votes after 28th round of voting against Shashant Shekhar.
• 3:30 PM: Ratnesh Kushwaha continues to maintain his lead against Shashant Shekhar by a margin of over 37,500 votes.
• 3:00 PM: Ratnesh Kushwaha adds on to his lead over Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of over 37,000 votes after 26th round of voting.
• 2:30 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha sticks on to his lead over Congress' Shashant Shekhar.
• 2:00 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha further improves lead against Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of over 16,000 votes.
• 1:30 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha continues to lead against Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of over 13,500 votes.
• 1:00 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha improves his lead against Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of over 13,000 votes.
• 12:30 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha continues to lead against Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of 12,785 votes.
• 12:00 PM: BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha now maintains his lead against Congress' Shashant Shekhar by a margin of 13,531 votes.
• 11:30 AM: In a total flip from the early trends, its BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha who is now leading with a big margin of 12854 votes against Congress' Shashant Shekhar.
• 10:30 AM: Congress' Shashant Shekhar continues to maintain lead against BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha by a margin of over 2633 votes.
• 9:30 AM: Congress' Shashant Shekhar leading in early trends against BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha by a margin of over 3998 votes.
• 8:45 AM: First lead expected to come
• 8 AM: Counting Begins

The Patna Sahib constituency draws attention for its intense multi-party contest and strategic significance in the state’s political landscape.In 2025 election, it witnessed a contest between BJP’s Ratnesh Kushwaha, Congress’ Shashant Shekhar, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP)’s Minu Kumari, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)’s Randhir Kumar, and Independent candidate Gudiya Devi.Though several parties fielded their candidates, the key contest in Patna Sahib is between BJP’s Ratnesh Kushwaha and Congress’ Shashant Shekhar. However, the presence of political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor-led JSP may have made the contest a three-way fight.

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About Patna Sahib Assembly Constituency

• District: Patna
• Lok Sabha Constituency: Patna Sahib
• Category: General
• First Election: 2010 (post-delimitation)
• Blocks Covered: Bakhtiapur, Digha, Kumhrar, Patna Sahib, and Fatuha

The seat is dominated by the Kayastha caste. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, it was the first time the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system with EVMs was used on this seat during voting.Historically, the seat has inclined more towards the BJP, with one of the party’s stalwart candidates, Nand Kishor Yadav, securing victories in the last three Assembly elections in 2010, 2015 and 2020.

Key Poll Issues in Patna Sahib Assembly Constituency

Slow pace of urban infrastructure development Lack of high-rise development and civic amenitiesLack of employment for youth Law and order

Patna Sahib Seat Result 2020

In the 2020 Assembly election, BJP’s Nand Kishor Yadav was in a direct contest with Congress’ Pravin Singh and defeated him by a margin of 18,363 votes, securing a vote share of 51.91%.

Patna Sahib Seat Result 2015

In the 2015 Assembly election, BJP’s Nand Kishor Yadav was in a direct contest against RJD’s Santosh Mehta and defeated him by a thin margin of 2,792 votes.

Bihar Exit Poll Results 2025

Earlier, on November 11, a host of exit polls—including JVC, Dainik Bhaskar, Matrize, People’s Insight, Peoples Pulse, P-Marq, Chanakya Strategies, DV Research, and TIF Research among others—projected a clear victory for the BJP-JD(U)-led NDA, while indicating a setback for RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan.However, one exit poll by Axis My India predicted a close fight between the NDA and Mahagathbandhan but gave an edge to the saffron camp. The exit polls also suggested that the much-hyped Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party may not be able to create any major impact and could win between 0–1 seat, with a maximum of 5 in the best-case scenario.

Bihar Sees Historic Voter Turnout Since 1951

In the 2025 election, the state broke all previous records and registered a historic overall turnout of 66.91%—the highest in seven decades since Bihar first voted in 1951.The turnout was also historic phase-wise, with 65.08% polling in Phase 1 across 121 constituencies and 68.76% in Phase 2 across 122 constituencies.Notably, female voter turnout was higher than male turnout in both phases and overall, with 71.6% among women compared to 62.8% among men.Polling for the 2025 Bihar Assembly election was held in two phases—121 constituencies voted in the first phase on November 6, while the remaining 122 went to polls in the second phase on November 11.