Rourkela (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2009 Election Result

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
BJD
Sarada Prasad Nayak
46,020
53.25
-
-
BJP
Ramesh Kumar Agrawal
20,424
23.63
-
-
INC
Prashanta Kumar Behera
14,707
17.02
-
-
JMM
Paschal Barla
1,981
2.29
-
-
BSP
Rasid Aslam
947
1.10
-
-
SP
Gadadhar Mishra
394
0.46
-
-
Independent
Kamal Majhi
393
0.45
-
-
Independent
Hitendra Nag
359
0.42
-
-
KOKD
Jaysingh Singh
324
0.37
-
-
Independent
Birajananda Singh
309
0.36
-
-
Kalinga Sena
Jnana Ranjan Nayak
228
0.26
-
-
Independent
Mahipal Singh
205
0.24
-
-
Independent
Nihar Mohanty
139
0.16
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
25,596
29.61
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
86,488
47.79
-
-
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold

Question: Which party and candidate did Biju Janata Dal defeat in the 2009 election, and by how many votes?
Answer: In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarada Prasad Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Kumar Agrawal by 25,596 votes.