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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2009

Pallahara

Assembly constituency 59 (GEN) · Odisha

[01]Result · 2009

#59 · GEN
Poll date16 Apr 2009
Contestants14
Electors1,46,026
Votes polled86,699
Turnout59.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRabi Narayan PaniBiju Janata Dal40,98037.9% of votes
MARGIN5,467 votes · 6.3 pp40,980 − 35,513
Runner-upDharmendra Pradhan Bharatiya Janata Party35,51332.9% of votes
BJD 53.6% of top-two votesBJP 46.4%

All candidates 14

  1. 01 Rabi Narayan PaniBJD40,980 37.9%
  2. 02 Dharmendra PradhanBJP35,513 32.9%
  3. 03 Sripati SinkoIND2,345 2.2%
  4. 04 Abani Kumar SahooSP1,867 1.7%
  5. 05 Paramananda BilasBSP1,311 1.2%
  6. 06 Chittaranjan PradhanIND983 0.9%
  7. 07 Sanjaya Kumar NaikIND768 0.7%
  8. 08 Birabar BeheraIND576 0.5%
  9. 09 Gayadhar KisanIND528 0.5%
  10. 10 Dulabh BeheraRPD489 0.5%
  11. 11 Routara NaikIND394 0.4%
  12. 12 Ramesh Chandra SahooKS373 0.4%
  13. 13 Manoj Kumar NayakIND301 0.3%
  14. 14 Bijay Kumar PradhanIND271 0.3%

Turnout 59.4%

025507510059.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 66.9%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 200966.9%
  • ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 86,699Verified

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    4.6 pp
    Mukesh Kumar PalBiju Janata Dal
  2. 2014
    4.1 pp
    Mahesh SahooBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2009
    6.3 pp
    Rabi Narayan PaniBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2004
    5.2 pp
    Jyotirindra Nath MitraBiju Janata Dal
  5. 2000
    5.4 pp
  6. 1998
    13.2 pp
    Dillip SrichandanIndian National Congress
  7. 1995
    4.8 pp
  8. 1990
    44.0 pp
  9. 1985
    41.3 pp
    Janaki Ballav PattnaikIndian National Congress
  10. 1980
    17.4 pp
    Prasanna Kumar PatsaniIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    4.4 pp
    Sudarsan MohantyJanata Party
  12. 1974
    1.6 pp
    Benudhar BaliarsinghIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    21.1 pp
    Achyutananda MohantyUtkal Congress
  14. 1967
    7.9 pp
    A.MohantyIndependent
  15. 1961
    17.5 pp
    Deb Bhanugang Tribhuban RajaGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 44.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown
  1. The top two polled 88.2% of votes; the other 12 candidates 11.8% between them.

    (40,980 + 35,513) ÷ 86,699 = 88.2% · 10,206 ÷ 86,699 = 11.8%
  2. Turnout of 59.4% was 7.5 pp below the state's median seat (66.9%).

    59.4 − 66.9 = −7.5
  3. The margin widened from 5.2 pp in 2004 to 6.3 pp.

    6.3 − 5.2 = +1.1 pp
  4. BJD held the seat it won in 2004.

    2004 BJD · 2009 BJD

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines86,699
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled86,699
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2009 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates14 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 2009 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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