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| 2 | Aska (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) - 2009 Election Result |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | BJD | Debaraj Mohanty | 46,059 | 52.25 | 25.46 |
| 5 | - | Independent | Saroj Kumar Padhy | 16,073 | 18.23 | - |
| 6 | - | INC | Alekha Chaudhury | 15,497 | 17.58 | - |
| 7 | - | BJP | Surya Narayan Das | 5,128 | 5.82 | - |
| 8 | - | SP | Gangadhar Panigrahi | 1,968 | 2.23 | - |
| 9 | - | Independent | Subash Chandra Maharana | 1,209 | 1.37 | - |
| 10 | - | SAMO | V. Ramakrushna Rao | 662 | 0.75 | - |
| 11 | - | Independent | Shasi Bhusana Sahu | 537 | 0.61 | - |
| 12 | - | RSP | Lingaraj Kar | 527 | 0.60 | - |
| 13 | - | Independent | Banchha Pradhan | 494 | 1.56 | - |
| 14 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,986 | 34.02 | - |
| 15 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,168 | 52.63 | - |
| 16 | - | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

Question: By what margin did Biju Janata Dal candidate Debaraj Mohanty defeat Independent candidate Saroj Kumar Padhy at the 2009 election?
Answer: In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Debaraj Mohanty defeated Independent candidate Saroj Kumar Padhy by a margin of 29,986 votes.