Ayodhya, Feb. 8 -- The counting of votes for the by-election in the Milkipur Assembly Constituency in Uttar Pradesh began at 8 am on Saturday. The by-election was held on February 5.

The constituency recorded a voter turnout of 57.13 per cent. Tight security has been put in place in the constituency.

"The security is complete and the paramilitary forces were deployed 24/7," Ayodhya DM Chandra Vijay Singh told ANI.

The main contest in the constituency is between BJP's Chandrabhanu Paswan and SP's Ajit Prasad.

The by-election in the Scheduled Castes (SC)-reserved constituency holds importance for both parties. In the 2022 Assembly elections, SP's Awadhesh Prasad defeated BJP's incumbent MLA, Gorakhnath, in Milkipur.

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