Singh secured 79,743 votes, maintaining a comfortable lead over former Mayor and JMM-backed candidate Chandrashekhar Agarwal, who stood second with 57,746 votes. Congress-backed candidate from Dhanbad, Shamsher Alam, was in third position with 45,753 votes, while BJP-backed candidate Sanjeev Agarwal followed in fourth place with 44,069 votes. With four to five rounds of counting still pending, final results are expected by Sunday morning.