Dharmagarh
Summary of results of the 2009 election

Dharmagarh

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

BJD	Puspendra Singh Deo	56,470	35.83	12.42

INC	Rahasbihari Behera	33,564	21.30	14.45

BJP	Janardan Panda	31,573	20.03

SP	Surendra Kumar Pattjoshi	18,834	11.95

BSP	Kalyani Naik	4,393	2.79

SAMO	Hira Bag	4,015	2.55

Independent	Subash Chandra Naik	2,557	1.62

Kalinga Sena	Baikuntha Dhangdamajhi	2,057	0.94

Independent	Bhubaneswar Durga	1,452	0.92

Independent	Gobinda Chandra Rout	1,432	0.91

Independent	Prahalad Agarwal	1,265	0.80

Majority	22,906	14.53

Turnout	1,57,621	71.66

BJD hold	Swing	7.14

Sentence(s)

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rahasbihari Behera by a margin of 22,906 votes.

final_sentence: In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Puspendra Singh Deo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rahasbihari Behera by a margin of 22,906 votes.