2009 Indian general election in Odisha explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Odisha, 2009
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:Indian general election in Odisha, 2004
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:Indian general election in Odisha, 2014
Next Year:2014
Election Date:April 16, April 23
Seats For Election:21 seats
Turnout:65.35%
Party1:Biju Janata Dal
Last Election1:11
Seats1:14
Seat Change1: 3
Party2:Indian National Congress
Last Election2:2
Seats2:6
Seat Change2: 4
Party3:Communist Party of India
Alliance1:Third Front
Alliance2:United Progressive Alliance
Alliance3:Third Front
Last Election3:0
Seats3:1
Seat Change3: 1
Map Size:300px
Percentage2:32.75%
Percentage3:2.57%
Percentage1:37.23%

The Indian general election, 2009 in Odisha were held for 21 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the Third Front, Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The third front parties contesting in the state were the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the Left parties and the Nationalist Congress Party. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.

A few weeks before the elections, seat sharing talks broke down between the BJD and its long-time ally BJP. Then the BJD joined the Third Front. The BJD leader Naveen Patnaik said that he broke the alliance with BJP over the Kandhamal riots.[1]

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India[2]

List of elected MPs

No.ConstituencyTurnout%Winning candidateWinning partyMargin
1Bargarh69.65Sanjay BhoiIndian National Congress98,444
2Sundargarh61.43Hemanand BiswalIndian National Congress11,624
3Sambalpur64.90Amarnath PradhanIndian National Congress14,874
4Keonjhar70.48Yashbant Narayan Singh LaguriBiju Janata Dal1,26,484
5Mayurbhanj70.27Laxman TuduBiju Janata Dal66,178
6Balasore70.29Srikant Kumar JenaIndian National Congress38,900
7Bhadrak67.71Arjun Charan SethiBiju Janata Dal54,938
8Jajpur66.59Mohan JenaBiju Janata Dal1,27,747
9Dhenkanal66.74Tathagata SatapathyBiju Janata Dal1,86,587
10Bolangir70.11Kalikesh Narayan Singh DeoBiju Janata Dal90,835
11Kalahandi68.85Bhakta Charan DasIndian National Congress1,54,037
12Nabarangpur65.14Pradeep Kumar MajhiIndian National Congress29,977
13Kandhamal66.44Rudra Madhab RayBiju Janata Dal1,51,007
14Cuttack63.38Bhartruhari MahtabBiju Janata Dal2,36,292
15Kendrapara68.53Baijayant PandaBiju Janata Dal1,27,107
16Jagatsinghpur67.56Bibhu Prasad TaraiCommunist Party of India76,735
17Puri68.83Pinaki MisraBiju Janata Dal2,11,305
18Bhubaneswar49.14Prasanna Kumar PatasaniBiju Janata Dal2,52,760
19Aska54.57Nityananda PradhanBiju Janata Dal2,32,834
20Berhampur58.92Siddhanta MahapatraBiju Janata Dal57,287
21Koraput62.64Jayaram PangiBiju Janata Dal96,360

References

  1. News: Kandhamal riots forced BJD to snap ties with BJP . https://web.archive.org/web/20090322075703/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kandhamal-riots-forced-bjd-to-snap-ties-with-bjp/88069-37.html . dead . 2009-03-22 . IBNLive.com India . 2009-03-19.
  2. Web site: Election Commission of India . 2009-05-21 . 2009-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090521143146/http://eci.nic.in// . dead .