Kalahandi Election Results

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Kalahandi Parliamentary Constituency (General) Election Results 2014

Candidate Name	Party	No. of Votes	Result
Arka Keshari Deo	BJD	370871	Winner
Pradipta Kumar Naik	BJP	314524	1st Runner Up
Bhakta Charan Das	INC	307967	2nd Runner Up
Siba Hati	SP	18869	3rd Runner Up

Electoral Data for 2014 General Elections in Kalahandi Constituency, Orissa

Total no. of voters	Voters who polled	Percentage voting
1474135	1117536	0.7581

Kalahandi Assembly Election Results

Assembly Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes	2nd Runner Up	Party	Votes
Bhawanipatna (SC)	DUSMANTA NAIK	INC	46215	PRADIPTA KUMAR NAIK	BJP	44020	JAYANTA KUMAR NAIK	BJD	25733
Dharmgarh	PUSPENDRA SINGH DEO	BJD	56470	RAHASBIHARI BEHERA	INC	33564	JANARDAN PANDA	BJP	31573
Junagarh	GOBARDHAN DASH	INC	45349	BIRA SIPKA	BJD	38812	HIMANSU SEKHER MEHER	BJP	34334
Khariar	HITESH KUMAR BAGARTTI	BJP	53238	DURYODHAN MAJHI	BJD	41872	BAISHAMPAYAN MEHER	INC	29080
Lanjigarh (ST)	SHIBAJI MAJHI	INC	46138	BALABHADRA MAJHI	BJD	43099	BIJAYA DISHARI	BJP	28482
Narla	BHUPINDER SINGH	INC	49748	SRIKANT HOTA	BJP	22236	NILAMANI SAHU	IND	17044
Nuapada	RAJENDRA DHOLAKIA	BJD	56874	BASANTA KUMAR PANDA	BJP	34254	SAROJ KUMAR SAHU	INC	22450

Kalahandi Parliamentary Constituency (General) Election Results 2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Bhakta Charan Das	INC	401736	Winner
Subash Chandra Nayak	BJD	247699	1st Runner Up
Bikram Keshari Deo	BJP	221851	2nd Runner Up

Electoral Data for 2009 General Elections in Kalahandi Constituency, Orissa

Total no. of Voters	Voters Polled	Percentage
1421959	978393	0.68805992