Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Union Minister and BJP candidate Babul Supriyo retained the Asansol Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 197,637 votes over his nearest rival Moon Moon Sen of the Trinamool Congress, in the results announced on Thursday.
Singer-actor-turned-politician Supriyo secured 633,378 votes while Sen got 435,741.
Supriyo had created a sensation by winning from Asansol in 2014, when BJP bagged only two LS seats from the state.