Nishar Mohammed
Port Blair, June 04: The BJP won the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands today, with its candidate Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray emerging victorious by a margin of 24,087 votes over Congress candidate Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma.
Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray secured 1,01,919 votes, while Sharma polled 77,832 votes. The Andaman Nicobar Democratic Congress candidate Mr. Manoj Paul stood third with 8,239 votes while Mr. D Ayyappan from CPI(M) got 6017 votes.
Soon after the win the party workers and leaders of BJP celebrated the victory in a grand manner in Port Blair city and other Islands. The three time Member of Parliament, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray was confident about his win and had earlier claimed to win with massive margin.