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

Dharmasala (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Section Title: Summary of results of the 2009 Election
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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

BJD	Kalpataru Das	79,867	58.25

INC	Kangali Charan Panda	44,734	32.63

BJP	Ramesh Chandra Parida	5,341	3.90

SAMO	Jatish Kumar Mohanty	5,015	3.66

BSP	Gobinda Sahoo	883	0.64

Independent	Rabindra Kumar Dhir	752	0.55

Independent	Madhabi Singh	511	0.37

Majority	35,133	25.63

Turnout	1,37,126	74.09

Sentence(s)

In 2009 the election, Biju Janata Dal candidate, Kalpataru Das, defeated Indian National Congress candidate, Kangali Charan Panda, by a margin of 35,133 votes.

final_sentence: In 2009 the election, Biju Janata Dal candidate, Kalpataru Das, defeated Indian National Congress candidate, Kangali Charan Panda, by a margin of 35,133 votes.