Out of three ULB Chairperson posts in Sundargarh district, BJD bagged two seats and BJP candidate bagged one. Majority of the councillor seats were won by BJD in the district.
Out of the three ULBs like Sundargarh, Biramitrapur and Rajgangpur municipalities, BJP candidate Tanaya Mishra who contested for Chairperson post for Sundargarh Municipality won the seat. She defeated BJD candidate Ranjana Panda by a margin of 1,235 votes. BJP candidate secured 7,812 votes against BJD candidate's 6,577 votes. Significantly, Ninima Patel, who contested for the Chairperson post of Sundargarh Municipality as an independent candidate and had come to limelight by launching one- rupee -one- vote campaign, secured a respectable 6,542 votes. BJD however bagged 11 Councillor seats out of total 19 seats of Sundargarh Municipality where as BJP bagged seven Councillor seats and one seat was won by an Independent candidate.
In Biramitrapur Municipality, BJD Chairperson candidate Sandeep Mishra secured 8,375 votes against BJP candidate's 4,708 votes and won the post. Out of total 11 Councillor seats of Biramitrapur, BJD won in nine seats and one each was won by BJP and Congress.
In Rajgangpur Municipality, BJD candidate Madhuri Lugun won the Chairperson seat by securing 10,919 votes against 7,417 votes secured by BJP candidate Kuldeep Singh. Out of 20 Councillor seats, as many as 12 seats were bagged by BJD, three seats were won by BJP, four seats by Congress. A seat went to an independent candidate.