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| 2 | Birmaharajpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) - 2009 Election Result |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | BJD | Padmanabh Behera | 61,803 | 48.67 | 5.37 |
| 5 | - | INC | Binod Patra | 40,402 | 31.82 | - |
| 6 | - | BJP | Damayanti Barik | 20,075 | 15.81 | - |
| 7 | - | BSP | Biranchi Nag | 2,149 | 1.69 | - |
| 8 | - | RPI(A) | Bimala Naik | 1,535 | 1.21 | - |
| 9 | - | Indian Justice Party | Karunakar Haripal | 1,021 | 0.80 | - |
| 10 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,401 | 16.85 | - |
| 11 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,013 | 72.52 | - |
| 12 | - | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold | BJD hold |

Question: Who defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binod Patra by a margin of 21,401 votes in the 2009 election?
Answer: In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binod Patra by a margin of 21,401 votes.