DHANBAD, Feb. 28 -- Independent candidate and former BJP MLA from Jharia, Sanjeev Singh, continued to lead the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation mayoral election after the sixth round of counting on Saturday.

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.

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