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

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
BJD
Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy
37,612
42.77
-
-
INC
Trinath Behera
18,854
21.44
-
-
Independent
Anuja Kumar Nayak
14,679
16.69
-
-
BJP
Bibhuti Bhusan Jena
13,112
14.91
-
-
Independent
A. Raghunath Verma
1,094
1.24
-
-
SAMO
Ajit Kumar Dalai
1,064
1.21
-
-
Independent
Binaya Kumar Padhi
966
1.10
-
-
Independent
Debasish Pramanik
565
0.64
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
18,758
21.33
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
88,010
55.55
-
-
BJD gain from INC
BJD gain from INC
Swing
3.74
-

Question: Who did Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeat and what was the vote margin?
Answer: In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate, Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, defeated Indian National Congress candidate, Trinath Behera, by a margin of 18,758 votes.