2009 Indian general election in Odisha

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Indian general election in Odisha, 2009
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 2004April 16, April 23 2014  

21 seats
Turnout65.35%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Indian Election Symbol Conch.svg Hand INC.svg CPI symbol.svg
Party BJD INC CPI
Alliance Third Front UPA Third Front
Last election1120
Seats won1461
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Percentage37.23%32.75%2.57%

2009 Indian General Election in Odisha Result.png

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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 general elections. The major contenders in the state were 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.

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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 Naveen Patnaik said that he broke the alliance with BJP over the Kandhamal riots. [1]

Parties and alliances

   Third Front

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Biju Janata Dal Biju Janata Dal Flag.jpg Indian Election Symbol Conch.svg Naveen Patnaik 18
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg Salomi Minz1 (Sundargarh)
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg Bibhu Prasad Tarai 1 (Jagatsinghpur)
NCP Arun Dey1 (Balasore)

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Jual Oram 21

   United Progressive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo 21

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India [2]

List of elected MPs

No.ConstituencyTurnout%Winning candidateWinning partyMargin
1 Bargarh 69.65 Radharani Panda Bharatiya Janata Party 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 67.71 Arjun Charan Sethi Biju Janata Dal 54,938
8 Jajpur 66.59 Mohan Jena Biju Janata Dal 1,27,747
9 Dhenkanal 66.74 Tathagata Satapathy Biju Janata Dal 1,86,587
10 Bolangir 70.11 Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal 90,835
11 Kalahandi 68.85 Bhakta Charan Das Indian National Congress 1,54,037
12 Nabarangpur 65.14 Pradeep Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress 29,977
13 Kandhamal 66.44 Rudra Madhab Ray Biju Janata Dal 1,51,007
14 Cuttack 63.38 Bhartruhari Mahtab Biju Janata Dal 2,36,292
15 Kendrapara 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

  1. "Kandhamal riots forced BJD to snap ties with BJP". IBNLive.com India. 2009-03-19. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22.
  2. "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.