Bihar: The eighth and penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha 2014 is underway. A total of 64 constituencies went to the polls in this phase.
The constituencies include 25 in Seemandhra, 15 in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Bihar, six in West Bengal, five in Uttarakhand, four in Himachal Pradesh and two in Jammu and Kashmir.
Phase 8 will see a total of 95.5 million electors casting their ballot. A total of 997 candidates are in the fray, including 79 women.
The fate of 1,737 candidates, including Rahul Gandhi (Amethi), his cousin Varun (Sultanpur), Union minister Beni Prasad Verma (Gonda), cricketer-turned-politician Md Kaif (Phulpur-all in UP), Ram Vilas Paswan (Hajipur), Rabri Devi and Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Saran-all in Bihar) is in the hands of 18.47 crore voters who are eligible to cast their franchise.