Kolkata, April 16 : Actor-turned politician and Trinamool Congress nominee Shatrughan Sinha is leading by a margin of more than 40,000 votes from Asansol Lok Sabha seat over his BJP rival and MLA Agnimitra Paul and Trinamool’s Babul Supriyo is leading by 9000 votes from Ballygunje Assembly seat after initial rounds of counting. Counting began amid tight security at 8 am on Saturday, official sources said. The byelections were necessitated as Babul Supriyo resigned as the MP from Asansol seat in Bardhaman district after switching over to the TMC from the BJP, while state minister Subrata Mukherjee, who represented Ballygunje, died in November, 2021. Around 66.42 per cent and 41.23 per cent polling was registered in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunje Assembly seat respectively. At least 19 rounds of counting are to be held at Ballygunje, while 16 to 18 rounds in Asansol, that witnessed quite a bit of violence on polling day. PC-SJC KK