<page_title> Attabira </page_title> <section_title> 2009 Election Result </section_title> <table> <cell> INC <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nihar Ranjan Mahananda <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 49,396 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> BJD <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Snehangini Chhuria <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 36,067 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> </table>
In the 2009 Attabira election, the Indian National Congress candidate Nihar Ranjan Mahananda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Snehangini Chhuria by 13,329 votes.