Overview
- BJP-backed Roshni Khalkho won the Ranchi mayoral race with 157,669 votes, defeating Congress-backed Rama Khalkho who polled 143,306.
- JMM secured key mayoralties with Pramila Mehra winning Giridih by 14,599 votes and Ravi Raut taking Deoghar by 5,148.
- Congress-backed Sudha Gupta captured Mango (Jamshedpur), while BJP-backed Aruna Shankar retained Medininagar and Sanjay Sardar won Adityapur.
- Independents made decisive gains as Arvind Rana won Hazaribagh and Bholu Paswan retained Bokaro’s Chas Municipal Corporation.
- In Dhanbad, counting extended through multiple rounds with independent BJP rebel Sanjeev Singh leading after six rounds (79,743 to JMM’s 57,746), with final results expected Sunday; statewide turnout was about 62–63% under a two-colour ballot, non-party format.