BJD Pallahara Assembly seat candidate Mukesh Pal got 59,420 votes out of 1, 37,490 and won the elections. BJP’s Ashok Mohanty got 53,204 votes and Congress’s Subrat Garnayak got 12,030. While Dhenkanal Lok Sabha BJP candidate Rudranarayan Pani was defeated by BJD’s Mahesh Sahu. Locals congratulated Pal for his victory.