Jharkhand municipal elections 2026
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State Bureau, Ranchi. There are many candidates who are contesting for ward councilor in the municipal elections. But their objective is to be elected Deputy Mayor (Municipal Corporation) or Vice President (Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat).
There is to be indirect election for both these posts, for whose candidature it is mandatory to be elected Ward Councilor in the respective constituency. Only ward councilors will elect for these posts. Indirect elections for the Deputy Mayor and Vice President will also be held within a month of the completion of the civic elections.
Somvit Maji is the candidate for ward councilor from ward number 18 in Ranchi Municipal Corporation area. If Somvit Maji, son of Rajya Sabha member Mahua Maji from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is elected councilor from here, then he can try his luck for Deputy Mayor. Similarly, there are many other candidates who are contesting for Ward Councilor, but they want to become Deputy Mayor.
The names of two people have so far come forward for the post of Deputy Mayor in Dhanbad Municipal Corporation who are contesting for councilor. These include councilor candidate from ward number 23, Suman Singh and councilor candidate from ward number 20, Ashok Pal. Similarly, in Chas Municipal Corporation, Panna Lal Kandu, Amar Swarnkar, Sunil Mahato, Pooja Kumari, Anita Pathak, Musarat Jabi are currently contesting for councilor from one ward or the other.
It is said that after winning, all of them can try their luck for Deputy Mayor also. Probable candidates for the post of Deputy Mayor from Giridih include Deepak Yadav, Guddu Yadav, Sumit Kumar, Sandeep Dangaich and Sanjeev Singh.
In Medininagar Municipal Corporation, Manoj Singh, elected unopposed from ward number 23, Neera Devi, elected unopposed from ward number five, can also contest the election of Deputy Mayor. Abhishek Singh of Ward No. 12 and Saheb Singh, candidate of Ward No. 21 are also contenders for Deputy Mayor.
Potential candidates for Deputy Mayor or Vice Mayor in other constituencies
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