Lucknow:, Feb. 6 -- HT Correspondent

A robust 65.35% voter turnout was recorded in the prestigious Milikipur assembly bypoll on Wednesday, almost 5% more than the 60.44% polling recorded in the same constituency in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) are locked in a high-stakes contest in the constituency.

After the high turnout, both the BJP and SP leaders claimed victory of their respective candidates - Chandrabhan Paswan (BJP) and Ajeet Prasad (SP), the son of SP's Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad.

A total of 10 candidates are in the fray. Votes will be counted on February 8.

Milkipur is an assembly segment of the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat that the BJP lost to the SP in ...