Puri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2014 Election Result

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
BJD
Maheswar Mohanty
76,760
53.44
1.86
-
INC
Uma Ballav Rath
42,039
29.27
23.52
-
BJP
Krushna Chandra Panda
17,560
12.23
28.09
-
SKD
Surendranath Dash
2,504
1.74
-
-
AAP
Aditya Hruday Mishra
1,058
0.74
-
-
BSP
Basanti Bhoi
921
0.64
0.34
-
AOP
Sridhar Mishra
580
0.4
-
-
AITC
Nrusingha Charan Das
348
0.24
-
-
Independent
Rama Chandra Pradhan
331
0.23
-
-
NOTA
None of the above
1526
1.06
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
34,721
24.17
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
1,43,627
64.73
7.06
Registered electors
Registered electors
Registered electors
2,21,892
-
-
-
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold
BJD hold

Question: How many more votes did the winner of the 2014 election get than the candidate who came in second?
Answer: In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.