Nuapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2014 Election Result

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
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BJP
Basanta Kumar Panda
55,817
36.46
11.39
-
BJD
Rajendra Dholakia
46,207
30.18
11.44
-
INC
Ghasi Ram Majhi
39,654
25.9
9.47
-
BSP
Kunti Sahoo
2,611
1.71
11.33
-
AOP
Iswar Chandra Thakur
1,923
1.26
-
-
OJM
Rangadhar Majhi
1,102
0.72
-
-
AAP
Surendra Prasad Panda
943
0.62
-
-
SP
Lochan Singh Majhi
924
0.6
-
-
Independent
Bharat Das
834
0.54
-
-
SKD
Prabhat Kumar Dharua
654
0.43
-
-
NOTA
None of the above
2,426
1.58
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
9,610
6.27
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
1,53,095
74.4
5.15
Registered electors
Registered electors
Registered electors
2,05,761
-
-
-
BJP gain from BJD
BJP gain from BJD
BJP gain from BJD
BJP gain from BJD
BJP gain from BJD

Question: Who did Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeat in the 2014 election and by what vote count margin?
Answer: In the 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.