<page_title> Badasahi </page_title> <section_title> Summary of results of the 2009 Election </section_title> <table> <cell> BJD <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Manoranjan Sethi <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48,382 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> INC <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ganeswar Patra <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 32,883 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 15,499 <col_header> Votes </col_header> <row_header> Majority </row_header> </cell> </table>
In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manoranjan Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Patra by a margin of 15,499 votes.