2009 Indian general election in Orissa

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

Indian general election in Orissa, 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 Orissa 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)
	Nationalist Congress Party			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

List of Candidates

Constituency
		BJD+			UPA			NDA
1	Bargarh		BJD	Dr. Hamid Hussain		INC	Sanjay Bhoi		BJP	Radharani Panda
2	Sundargarh		CPI(M)	Salomi Minz		INC	Hemananda Biswal		BJP	Jual Oram
3	Sambalpur		BJD	Rohit Pujari		INC	Amarnath Pradhan		BJP	Surendra Lath
4	Keonjhar		BJD	Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri		INC	Dhanurjaya Sidu		BJP	Ananta Nayak
5	Mayurbhanj		BJD	Laxman Tudu		INC	Laxman Majhi		BJP	Droupadi Murmu
6	Balasore		NCP	Arun Dey		INC	Srikant Kumar Jena		BJP	M. A. Kharabela Swain
7	Bhadrak		BJD	Arjun Charan Sethi		INC	Ananta Prasad Sethi		BJP	Ratha Das
8	Jajpur		BJD	Mohan Jena		INC	Amiya Kanta Mallik		BJP	Parameswar Sethi
9	Dhenkanal		BJD	Tathagata Satpathy		INC	Chandra Sekhar Tripathi		BJP	Rudra Narayan Pany
10	Bolangir		BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		INC	Narasingha Mishra		BJP	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
11	Kalahandi		BJD	Subash Chandra Nayak		INC	Bhakta Charan Das		BJP	Bikram Keshari Deo
12	Nabarangpur		BJD	Domburu Majhi		INC	Pradeep Kumar Majhi		BJP	Parsuram Majhi
13	Kandhamal		BJD	Rudra Madhab Ray		INC	Sujit Kumar Padhi		BJP	Ashok Sahu
14	Cuttack		BJD	Bhartruhari Mahtab		INC	Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra		BJP	Anadi Charan Sahu
15	Kendrapara		BJD	Baijayant Panda		INC	Ranjib Biswal		BJP	Jnandev Beura
16	Jagatsinghpur		CPI	Bibhu Prasad Tarai		INC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		BJP	Baidhar Mallick
17	Puri		BJD	Pinaki Misra		INC	Debendra Nath Mansingh		BJP	Braja Kishore Tripathy
18	Bhubaneswar		BJD	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		INC	Santosh Mohanty		BJP	Archana Nayak
19	Aska		BJD	Nityananda Pradhan		INC	Ramchandra Rath		BJP	Shanti Devi
20	Berhampur		BJD	Sidhant Mohapatra		INC	Chandra Sekhar Sahu		BJP	Bharat Paik
21	Koraput		BJD	Jayaram Pangi		INC	Giridhar Gamang		BJP	Upendra Majhi

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India ^[2]

Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Bargarh	Sanjay Bhoi		INC	397,375	43.21	Dr. Hamid Hussain		BJD	298,931	32.51	98,444	10.70
2	Sundargarh	Hemanand Biswal		INC	280,054	36.53	Jual Oram		BJP	268,430	35.01	11,624	1.52
3	Sambalpur	Amarnath Pradhan		INC	304,890	38.09	Rohit Pujari		BJD	290,016	36.23	14,874	1.86
4	Keonjhar	Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri		BJD	389,104	43.63	Dhanurjaya Sidu		INC	262,620	29.45	126,484	14.18
5	Mayurbhanj	Laxman Tudu		BJD	256,648	31.12	Sudam Marndi		JMM	190,470	23.09	66,178	8.03
6	Balasore	Srikant Kumar Jena		INC	313,888	35.18	Arun Dey		NCP	274,988	30.82	38,900	4.36
7	Bhadrak	Arjun Charan Sethi		BJD	416,808	44.86	Ananta Prasad Sethi		INC	361,870	38.95	54,938	5.91
8	Jajpur	Mohan Jena		BJD	433,350	53.03	Amiya Kanta Mallik		INC	305,603	37.40	127,747	15.63
9	Dhenkanal	Tathagata Satpathy		BJD	398,568	46.53	Chandra Sekhar Tripathi		INC	211,981	24.75	186,587	21.78
10	Bolangir	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo		BJD	430,150	42.50	Narasingha Mishra		INC	339,315	33.53	90,835	8.97
11	Kalahandi	Bhakta Charan Das		INC	401,736	41.06	Subash Chandra Nayak		BJD	247,699	25.32	154,037	15.74
12	Nabarangpur	Pradeep Kumar Majhi		INC	308,307	38.93	Domburu Majhi		BJD	278,330	35.15	29,977	3.78
13	Kandhamal	Rudramadhab Ray		BJD	315,314	44.55	Suzit Kumar Padhi		INC	164,307	23.22	151,007	21.33
14	Cuttack	Bhartruhari Mahtab		BJD	465,089	57.17	Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra		INC	228,797	28.13	236,292	29.04
15	Kendrapara	Baijayant Panda		BJD	502,635	51.13	Ranjib Biswal		INC	375,528	38.20	127,107	12.93
16	Jagatsinghpur	Bibhu Prasad Tarai		CPI	457,234	46.50	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		INC	380,499	38.70	76,735	7.80
17	Puri	Pinaki Misra		BJD	436,961	48.01	Debendra Nath Mansingh		INC	225,656	24.79	211,305	23.22
18	Bhubaneswar	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		BJD	400,472	56.32	Santosh Mohanty		INC	147,712	20.77	252,760	35.55
19	Aska	Nityananda Pradhan		BJD	419,862	59.82	Ramachandra Rath		INC	187,028	26.65	232,834	33.17
20	Berhampur	Sidhant Mohapatra		BJD	319,839	44.99	Chandra Sekhar Sahu		INC	262,552	36.93	57,287	8.06
21	Koraput	Jayaram Pangi		BJD	312,776	41.18	Giridhar Gamang		INC	216,416	28.49	96,360	12.69

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.