Brisk polling in final phase as nearly 50% vote till 3pm across 8 states
Polling was held in 13 seats in Punjab, 13 in Uttar Pradesh including the high-profile Varanasi constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term, 9 in West Bengal, 8 in Bihar, 6 in Odisha, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 3 in Jharkhand, and the lone Chandigarh seat.