Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Kalahandi

Bhakta Charan Das (INC) won by 1,54,037 votes (15.7%).

Electors
14,21,959
Votes polled
9,80,310
Valid votes
9,78,208
Turnout
68.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 15.7% (median 7.0%). Back to Orissa · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.2%(+8.0%)
Turnout
78.4%(-0.1%)
NOTA
1.5%
Top-2 squeeze
72.6%

Winning margin over time · Kalahandi

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Candidates

Candidates · Kalahandi 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bhakta Charan DasWinnerINC4,01,73641.1%
2Subash Chandra NayakBJD2,47,69925.3%
3Bikram Keshari DeoBJP2,21,85122.7%
4Nakula MajhiBSP40,1674.1%
5Maheswar BhoiIND26,8802.7%
6Dambarudhara SunaniIND14,7201.5%
7Parameswar KandSP14,1021.4%
8Balaram HotaCPI(ML)(L)11,2381.1%

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