Kolkata, Actor-turned-politician and sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha on Tuesday won the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. The Election Commission said the TMC leader defeated his nearest rival BJP's SS Ahluwalia by a margin of 59,564 votes.

Sinha got 6,05,645 votes, while Ahluwalia got 5,46,081 votes.

Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad defeated his nearest rival BJP's Dilip Ghosh by 1,37,981 votes from the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat.

TMC candidate Azad got 7,20,667 votes, while former state BJP president Ghosh got 5,82,686 votes.

Speaking to reporters, Shatrughan Sinha said, "This is Mamata Banerjee's victory. I will try my best to address the issues in the constituency. I had earlier said that Mamata ji will be a game-changer and TMC will win in Bengal "

Sinha, the sitting MP from Asansol, alleged that the exit polls were "fabricated to mislead voters".

During the by-election held in the constituency in 2022, Sinha defeated BJP's Agnimitra Paul by a margin of 3,03,209 votes. The Lok Sabha seat had become vacant after the then BJP MP Babul Supriyo resigned and joined Trinamool Congress.

Asansol Lok Sabha constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district consists of seven assembly constituencies - Pandabeswar, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol South, Asansol North, Kulti and Barabani.

The constituency has unresolved issues related to unemployment and drinking water problems and has a mixed population.