LUCKNOW, Feb. 4 -- The stage is set for battle of prestige between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) as voting will take place for Ayodhya's Milkipur assembly bypoll on Wednesday.

The results will decide if riding on the Hindutva plank, the BJP will wrest the seat from the SP or confident of its PDA formula, Akhilesh Yadav-led party will retain its hold in the area that has been the nerve centre of the Ram temple movement.

The 3,71,578 voters, including 1,93,417 male and 1,78,153 female and 5 third gender, will decide the fate of 10 candidates in the fray. The main contest is between Ajeet Prasad of the SP and Chandrabhan Paswan of the BJP. The counting of the votes will take place on February 8.

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