2009 Indian general election in Odisha
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The Indian general election, 2009 in Odisha were held for 21 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the
Third Front, Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The third front parties contesting in the state were the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the Left parties and the Nationalist Congress Party
. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.
A few weeks before the elections, seat sharing talks broke down between the BJD and its long-time ally BJP. Then the BJD joined the Third Front. The BJD leader
Kandhamal riots.[1]
Voting and results
Source: Election Commission of India[2]
List of elected MPs
| No. | Constituency | Turnout% | Winning candidate | Winning party | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bargarh
|
69.65 | Sanjay Bhoi | Indian National Congress | 98,444 | |
| 2 | Sundargarh
|
61.43 | Hemanand Biswal
|
Indian National Congress | 11,624 | |
| 3 | Sambalpur
|
64.90 | Amarnath Pradhan | Indian National Congress | 14,874 | |
| 4 | Keonjhar
|
70.48 | Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri | Biju Janata Dal | 1,26,484 | |
| 5 | Mayurbhanj
|
70.27 | Laxman Tudu | Biju Janata Dal | 66,178 | |
| 6 | Balasore
|
70.29 | Srikant Kumar Jena | Indian National Congress | 38,900 | |
| 7 | Bhadrak
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67.71 | Arjun Charan Sethi | Biju Janata Dal | 54,938 | |
| 8 | Jajpur
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66.59 | Mohan Jena | Biju Janata Dal | 1,27,747 | |
| 9 | Dhenkanal
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66.74 | Tathagata Satapathy
|
Biju Janata Dal | 1,86,587 | |
| 10 | Bolangir
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70.11 | Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | Biju Janata Dal | 90,835 | |
| 11 | Kalahandi
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68.85 | Bhakta Charan Das | Indian National Congress | 1,54,037 | |
| 12 | Nabarangpur
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65.14 | Pradeep Kumar Majhi | Indian National Congress | 29,977 | |
| 13 | Kandhamal
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66.44 | Rudra Madhab Ray | Biju Janata Dal | 1,51,007 | |
| 14 | Cuttack
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63.38 | Bhartruhari Mahtab | Biju Janata Dal | 2,36,292 | |
| 15 | Kendrapara
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68.53 | Baijayant Panda | Biju Janata Dal | 1,27,107 | |
| 16 | Jagatsinghpur
|
67.56 | Bibhu Prasad Tarai | Communist Party of India | 76,735 | |
| 17 | Puri
|
68.83 | Pinaki Misra | Biju Janata Dal | 2,11,305 | |
| 18 | Bhubaneswar
|
49.14 | Prasanna Kumar Patasani | Biju Janata Dal | 2,52,760 | |
| 19 | Aska
|
54.57 | Nityananda Pradhan | Biju Janata Dal | 2,32,834 | |
| 20 | Berhampur
|
58.92 | Siddhanta Mahapatra
|
Biju Janata Dal | 57,287 | |
| 21 | Koraput
|
62.64 | Jayaram Pangi | Biju Janata Dal | 96,360 | |
References
- ^ "Kandhamal riots forced BJD to snap ties with BJP". IBNLive.com India. 2009-03-19. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
