Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2009 Election Results

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
BJD
Pratap Keshari Deb
72,012
50.00
3.08
-
INC
Devendra Sharma
66,135
45.92
0.76
-
BJP
Braja Sundar Bhuyan
3,358
2.33
-
-
CPI(ML) Liberation
Bidhan Chandra Das
930
0.65
-
-
BSP
Akshaya Kumar Mallik
842
0.58
-
-
SAMO
Pravati Sahu
409
0.28
-
-
RPI(A)
Prasant Kumar Nayak
344
0.24
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
5,877
4.08
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
1,44,062
63.11
0.41
Registered electors
Registered electors
Registered electors
2,28,257
-
-
-
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold

Question: By how many votes did Pratap Keshari Deb defeat Devendra Sharma by?
Answer: In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate, Pratap Keshari Deb, defeated Indian National Congress candidate, Devendra Sharma, by a margin of 5,877 votes.