Khalikote (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Summary of results of the 2009 Election

Khalikote (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Section Title: Summary of results of the 2009 Election
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

BJD	Purna Chandra Sethy	65,299	68.07	10.49

INC	Kasinath Behera	20,670	21.55

Independent	Gopal Krishna Behera	3,901	4.07

BJP	Mina Kumari Tahal	3,520	3.67

SAMO	Ranjan Dangua	1,546	1.61

RSP	Rama Chandra Behera	992	1.03

Majority	44,629	46.52

Turnout	95,931	53.46

BJD hold	Swing	6.79

Sentence(s)

In the 2009 election, BJD candidate Purna Chandra Sethy defeated INC candidate Kasinath Behera by a margin of 44,629 votes.

final_sentence: In the 2009 election, BJD candidate Purna Chandra Sethy defeated INC candidate Kasinath Behera by a margin of 44,629 votes.