Hard-right U.K. politician Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat Thursday, going head-to-head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls.

The by-election was called after Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform U.K. party, resigned last month as MP for Clacton-on-Sea.

But his surprise move amid a probe into his finances has threatened to backfire as none of the major political parties has fielded a candidate, denouncing Farage¡¯s gamble as a stunt.