Ayodhya, Feb. 8 -- As the fifth round in the counting of votes for the by-election in Uttar Pradesh's Milkipur Assembly constituency completes, BJP candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan is leading by 14,339 votes to his nearest rival Ajit Prasad of Samajwadi Party, according to the Election Commission website. There are 25 rounds left in the vote counting in the constituency.

The by-election in Milkipur was necessitated after Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat after winning the Lok Sabha election from Faizabad (Ayodhya) held last year.

The constituency recorded a voter turnout of 57.13 per cent in the election held on February 5. Tight security has been put in place in the constituency on the counting day.

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