Port Blair, Jun 4 (PTI) The BJP won the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday, with its candidate Bishnu Pada Ray emerging victorious by a margin of 24,087 votes over Congress nominee Kuldeep Rai Sharma, the Election Commission said.

Ray secured 1,01,919 votes, while Sharma polled 77,832 votes.

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The Andaman Nicobar Democratic Congress candidate Manoj Paul stood third with 8,239 votes, the poll panel said.

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