2009 Indian general election in Odisha

For State Assembly election, see 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Odisha, 2009

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21 seats
Turnout	65.35%
First party Second party Third party   Party BJD INC CPI Alliance Third Front UPA Third Front Last election 11 2 0 Seats won 14 6 1 Seat change 3 4 1 Percentage 37.23% 32.75% 2.57%
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.

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

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Biju Janata Dal			Naveen Patnaik	18
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Salomi Minz	1 (Sundargarh)
	Communist Party of India			Bibhu Prasad Tarai	1 (Jagatsinghpur)
	NCP			Arun Dey	1 (Balasore)

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Jual Oram	21

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo	21

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	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

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2009 simultaneous elections)
	Biju Janata Dal	97	103
	Indian National Congress	33	27
	Bharatiya Janata Party	11	6
	Communist Party of India	5	–
	Nationalist Congress Party	1	4
	Others	–	7
Total		147

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.