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Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party defeats Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress by 38,900 votes.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 38,900 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after 31 rounds of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 38,460 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after 30 rounds of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 39,424 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after 29 rounds of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 39,065 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after 28 rounds of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 37,398 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after 27 rounds of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 33,295 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after 26 rounds of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 30,389 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 25 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 26,689 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 24 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 25,127 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 23 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 23,609 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 20 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 16,453 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 20 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 17,927 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 18 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 18,635 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 16 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 12,693 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 14 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 12,785 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 13 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 13,531 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 12 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 12,854 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 11 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 12,247 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 10 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 10,561 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 9 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 7,010 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 8 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 4,443 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 7 of counting.
Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 2,114 votes against Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress after round 6 of counting.
Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress leading by 2,633 votes against Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 5 of counting.
Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress leading by 3,281 votes against Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 4 of counting.
Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress leading by 2,734 votes against Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 3 of counting.
Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress takes a lead of 5,494 votes against Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 2 of counting.
Shashant Shekhar of the Indian National Congress takes a lead of 3,998 votes against Ratnesh Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 1 of counting.
EVM counting starts.
In the last assembly election, the BJP's Nand Kishore Yadav won with approximately 52% of the votes polled, defeating the Congress' Pravin Singh. The Assembly Speaker was denied a ticket by the BJP this time.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad had led from the segment.
The BJP's Nand Kishore Yadav had won the seat in the previous three assembly elections. The seat was preceded by Patna East, where Kishore won four successive times since 1995.
The counting of postal ballot votes has started.
The Patna Sahib, which went to polls in phase 1, saw a turnout of 60.29% in the elections.
There are 10 candidates in the fray, out of which the main candidates are Ratnesh Kumar from the BJP, Shashant Shekhar from the Congress and Vinita Mishra from the Jan Suraaj Party.
Randhir Kumar of the BSP, Manmohan Kumar of the AAP and Adil Aftab Khan from the NCP are also some of the candidates.
Patna Sahib is one of the 14 assembly constituencies in Patna district. The seat comes under the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.
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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