Jayant Rajaram Patil (born 16 February 1962) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra.

He has been representing Islampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than three decades.

[4] Patil became an MLA for the first time winning the 1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress from Walwa in the Sangli District.

Jayant Patil became the youngest finance minister of Maharashtra, presenting his first budget at the age of 39.

[10][11] In the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Patil held the Home portfolio for a brief while in the First Ashok Chavan ministry.

[17] In August 2019, he launched and spearheaded the Shiv Swarajya Yatra from Shivneri, the birthplace of Chharapati Shivaji, at Junnar, Pune.

Additionally, he was elected as the leader of the NCP Legislative Party in the Vidhan Sabha in place of Ajit Pawar on 24 November 2019.

In June 2020, in celebration of 21 years of NCP, Jayant Patil under the guidance of Sharad Pawar, launched the Rashtravadi Paksh Abhipray, an internal party digital feedback campaign.