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| 2 | Dharmasala (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Summary of results of the 2009 Election |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | BJD | Kalpataru Das | 79,867 | 58.25 | - |
| 5 | - | INC | Kangali Charan Panda | 44,734 | 32.63 | - |
| 6 | - | BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 5,341 | 3.90 | - |
| 7 | - | SAMO | Jatish Kumar Mohanty | 5,015 | 3.66 | - |
| 8 | - | BSP | Gobinda Sahoo | 883 | 0.64 | - |
| 9 | - | Independent | Rabindra Kumar Dhir | 752 | 0.55 | - |
| 10 | - | Independent | Madhabi Singh | 511 | 0.37 | - |
| 11 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,133 | 25.63 | - |
| 12 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,126 | 74.09 | - |

Question: Who were the top two contenders in the 2009 Dharmasala election and what was the winning margin of votes?
Answer: In 2009 the election, BJD candidate, Kalpataru Das, defeated INC candidate, Kangali Charan Panda, by a margin of 35,133 votes.