In Garhwa Municipal Council election, Pinky Kesri of the BJP defeated her closest opponent JMM candidate, Anita Dutt, by a thin margin of 54 votes to retain the chairperson’s post. Kesri got 6420 votes while Dutt got 6357. For the vice-chairman’s post, BJP's Meera Pandey, won the election by defeating her nearest rival independent candidate Binod Jaiswal with a margin of 3089 votes. Mira Devi got 6899 votes while Jaiswal got a total of 3810 votes.
In Nagar Untari Nagar Panchayat, election BJP candidate Vijaya lakshmi defeated her nearest rival BSP candidate Kiran Devi with a margin of 2456 of BSP. Vijaya got 6452 votes while Kiran Kumari received only 3,996 votes. Independent candidate lata Devi won the same Vice President's post.
She defeated her nearest rival BJP's Om Prakash by a margin of 446 votes.