Minister of state for human resource development Shashi Tharoor on Friday won the Thiravananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, officials said.
He finally managed to defeat his main rival O Rajagopal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the post.
Tharoor's winning margin was, however, whittled down considerably from a staggering 99,998 votes in 2009 to a mere 14,501 this time.
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