In perfume hub, SP smells blood as Akhilesh arrives to reclaim family turf

While both parties predict their potential victory by margins of 2 lakh votes, people say it will be a closely contested battle. "It may come down to a paper-thin margin," says Dhirendra Mishra, an 'attar' trader. "In 2014, Dimple Yadav triumphed over Pathak by 19,907 votes, In 2019, he defeated her by 12,353 votes. These are slim wins in a constituency with almost 20 lakh voters."