Moderate to heavy turnout of voters has been reported, as polling came to an end this evening, in the 8th and penultimate phase of elections covering 64 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 7 states.

175 Assembly seats in seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh also went for polls today.

Some of the prominent candidates whose electoral fate were sealed today include Rahul Gandhi, Beni Prasad Verma, MM Pallam Raju and Mohd Kaif of Congress; and Smriti Irani, Varun Gandhi, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Anurag Thakur of BJP.

Other prominent leaders who were in the fray today are Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP, Rabri Devi of RJD and Kumar Vishwas of Aam Aadmi Party.