Ranchi Election Result 2024 LIVE: BJP Leading by 32,000 Votes

Vote counting for the Ranchi Lok Sabha seat will begin at 8AM. While all 14 seats of Jharkhand will be closely monitored, special attention will be on Ranchi. BJP has fielded the incumbent MP, Sanjay Seth from Ranchi. Mr. Seth will be contesting against Congress' Yashaswini Sahay. Back in 2019, Sanjay Seth contested against Yashaswini's father, Subodh Kant Sahay. Mr. Seth of BJP secured 7,06,828 votes (57.21% vote share) while Mr. Sahay of Congress secured 4,23,802 votes (34.3% vote share).

Ranchi is a bell weather seat. It voted for Congress in 2004 and 2009 and for BJP in 2014 and 2019. 

Here are the live updates 

• As of 12 noon, BJP's Sanjay Seth is leading by 32,000 votes. 
• BJP's Sanjay Seth is leading in Ranchi by 18,000 votes. 
• The counting of votes is underway. 
•  The counting of votes will begin at 8 AM.