New Mayors, Chairpersons take charge across cities

Ranchi: The results for mayoral and chairperson posts across Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Nagar Panchayats have been officially declared. Below are the detailed outcomes, including vote counts for winners and runners-up.

Municipal Corporations: Mayoral Results

• Medininagar: Aruna Shankar won with 24,169 votes, defeating Namrata Tripathi, who secured 21,047 votes.
• Hazaribagh: Arvind Rana polled 23,500 votes to defeat Sarfaraz Ahmed (18,847).
• Giridih: Pramila Mehra emerged victorious with 38,091 votes against Dr. Shailendra Chaudhary (23,492).
• Deoghar: Ravi Ranjan won with 24,719 votes, while Rita Chaurasia secured 19,571 votes.
• Chas: Bholu Paswan garnered 17,796 votes, defeating Avinash Kumar (14,827).
• Ranchi: Roshni Khalkho registered a massive win with 1,57,669 votes over Ruma Khalkho, who received 1,43,306 votes.
• Adityapur: Sanjay Sardar secured 24,615 votes, defeating Bullo Soren (16,820).
• Mango: Sudha Gupta won decisively with 42,022 votes against Sandhya Singh (23,421).

Municipal Councils: Chairperson Results

• Garhwa: Ashish Kumar Soni (7,201) defeated Santosh Kesari (3,790).
• Vishrampur: Geeta Devi (3,071) won over Tara Khatun (2,946).
• Chatra: Ataur Rahman secured 1,492 votes, defeating Aman Sahu (4,619).
• Simaria/Tilaia: Ramesh Harbar (6,974) won against Rajendra Jaiswal (6,149).
• Madhupur: Darshan Parveen secured 10,630 votes, defeating Miti Kumari (9,641).
• Godda: Sushil Ramni (5,265) won over Kameshwar Ansari (5,014).
• Sahibganj: Ramnath Paswan secured 11,660 votes against Kapil Das (8,865).
• Pakur: Parvati Pal (7,816) defeated Shobha Sultana (5,463).
• Dumka: Amit Kumar Jha (6,781) won against Ajay Kumar Jha (6,114).
• Mihijam: Jayanti Devi (7,807) defeated Kavita Devi (4,274).
• Chirkunda: Sunita Devi (4,557) secured victory over Shukla Rai (3,498).
• Phusro: Nirmala Devi (12,780) won against Mamta Devi (10,277).
• Ramgarh: Kusumlata secured 17,605 votes, defeating Priya Kumari (11,113).
• Lohardaga: Anil Oraon (9,731) defeated Pawan Ekka (8,945).
• Gumla: Shakuntala Oraon (7,600) won against Harvita Toppo (4,432).
• Simdega: Olemir Lakra (4,691) defeated Anil Kumar Tigga (4,519).
• Chakradharpur: Ranjit Oraon (11,331) won over Vijay Singh Gangwar (10,270).
• Chaibasa: Nitin Prakash (6,978) defeated Naresh Chitral (6,474).
• Kapaldi: Parvez Alam (6,266) secured victory against Sarwar Alam (4,349).
• Jugsalai: Naushin Khan (11,563) won over Rinku Singh (10,843).

Nagar Panchayats: Chairperson Results

• Sri Banshidhar Nagar: Sadhna Devi (3,266) defeated Lata Devi (2,955).
• Madhiyam: Sumitra Devi (3,712) won over Nandan Soni (2,387).
• Hussainabad: Ajay Kumar Bharti (2,766) secured victory against Usha Devi (2,706).
• Harihar Ganj: Kumari Shila Chaudhary (7,194) defeated Asha Kumari (2,217).
• Chhatarpur: Arvind Kumar Gupta (5,293) won over Mohan Kumar (1,239).
• Latehar: Naresh Singh (5,374) defeated Bilasi Toppo (4,389).
• Koderma: Sajid Hussain (3,863) secured victory against Rajesh Kumar Singh (2,668).
• Karma Tand: Usha Verma (4,245) won over Pappu Mehta (3,320).
• Barkagaon: Saroj Shashi Devi (2,012) defeated Sunita Devi (1,291).
• Dhanwar: Vijay Shyamaliya (3,133) won against Rovin Kumar (1,635).
• Mahagama: Praveen Soren (2,818) defeated Rakesh Soren (2,282).
• Rajmahal: Ketabuddin Sheikh (4,328) won over Bhawna Gupta (3,849).
• Barharwa: Arpita Das (6,181) defeated Babita Kumari (4,609).
• Basukinath: Veena Devi (4,065) secured victory against Madhumita Devi (1,901).
• Jamtara: Asha Gupta (6,880) won over Reena Kumari (5,906).
• Bundu: Jitendra Oraon (4,007) defeated Rajesh Oraon (3,198).
• Ratu: Rani Tuti (9,177) secured victory against Manogita Bedia (5,298).
• Saraykela: Manoj Kumar Chaudhary (1,943) defeated Pratap Aditya Sindeo (1,494).
• Chakulia: Somwari Soren (3,445) won over Chandramuni Murmu (2,718).

The declaration of results marks the conclusion of the electoral process across these urban local bodies. The newly elected mayors and chairpersons are expected to assume office soon and begin their tenure focusing on urban governance, civic infrastructure and public welfare initiatives in their respective regions.