With the lone exception of Adityapur Municipal Corporation AMC where BJP-backed candidate Sanjay Sardar became the first tribal mayor after 13 years, the party lost Mango Municipal Corporation mayor post to Congress-backed Sudha Gupta, Jugsalai Nagar Parishad (JNP) chairperson post to the Jharkhand State Minority Commission (JSMC) chairperson Hedyatullah Khan’s wife Nausheen Khan who fought the polls in defiance of the JMM-supported candidate Dolly Mallick and Chakulia Nagar Panchayat (CNP) to JMM-backed Sombari Soren.