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| 2 | Talcher (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Summary of results of the 2009 Election |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | style="background-color: Template:Sign-TV (politician)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[sign-TV (politician)|Template:Sign-TV (politician)/meta/shortname]] | Braja Kishore Pradhan | 37,048 | 36.21 | - |
| 5 | - | BJD | Mahesh Sahoo | 28,406 | 27.77 | - |
| 6 | - | BJP | Kalandi Samal | 17,415 | 17.02 | - |
| 7 | - | INC | Khirod Sahu | 7,636 | 7.46 | - |
| 8 | - | RPI | Dileswar Naik | 6,483 | 6.34 | - |
| 9 | - | SAMO | Ritarani Das | 1,227 | 1.20 | - |
| 10 | - | Independent | Manasi Swain | 862 | 0.84 | - |
| 11 | - | BSP | Uchhan Chandra Pattanayak | 847 | 0.83 | - |
| 12 | - | Independent | Prafulla Kumar Naik | 782 | 0.76 | - |
| 13 | - | JMM | Jugal Kishor Nanda | 514 | 0.50 | - |
| 14 | - | Independent | Mayadhar Samal | 447 | 0.44 | - |
| 15 | - | JD(U) | Aren Kumar Pani | 369 | 0.36 | - |
| 16 | - | Kalinga Sena | Srihari Sethi | 271 | 0.26 | - |
| 17 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,642 | 8.45 | - |
| 18 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,02,309 | 67.78 | - |

Question: What was the outcome of the 2009 Election and how close was it?
Answer: In 2009 election, Braja Kishore Pradhan defeated BJD candidate Mahesh Sahoo by a margin of 8,642 votes.