Rayagada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2014 Election Result
Table:
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rayagada[9][10]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

BJD

Lalbihari Himirika

69,629

41.45

−3.0

INC

Makaranda Muduli

61,343

36.52

5.24

BJP

Kaliram Majhi

17,356

10.33

3.69

BSP

Bhaskar Mutuka

6,037

3.59

−4.16

NCP

Sankar Bidika

3,880

2.31

Independent

Krishna Huika

2,827

1.68

NOTA

None

6,900

4.11

−

Majority

8,286

4.93

−

Turnout

1,67,972

78.84

17.8

Registered electors

2,13,044

BJD hold

Drawing on the table titled Rayagada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) — section "2014 Election Result", provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: What was the Rayagada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2014 election results? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate, Lalbihari Himirika, defeated Indian National Congress candidate, Makaranda Muduli, by a margin of 8,286 votes.