Congress candidate Archana Singh was elected as the new chairperson of Jagatsinghpur Municipality, while Basanta Kumar Biswal of BJD was elected as Chairman of Paradip urban body.
Official reports informed that Congress candidate Singh defeated BJD candidate Rajashree Mohapatra in a slender margin of 220 votes.
Singh got 9,468 votes while Rajashree got 9,248. The BJP finished third with 1,447 votes.
The results for Councillors: the BJD won 9 wards, Congress 7, BJP 2, and Independents 3.
In Paradip Municipality, BJD's Basanta Kumar Biswal emerged victorious defeating Independent candidate Debadata Sahoo by a huge margin of 8,760 votes
Biswal got 14,938 votes, while Congress got 6,178. The BJP was satisfied with 4,516 votes.
Trade unionist Bapi Sarkhel-backed independent candidates won in 8 wards, BJD in 7, BJP in 3, Congress in one out of total 19 wards.