15 November 2012 Last updated at 17:01 ET

Polls now closed in Cardiff South and Penarth by-election

Cardiff South and Penarth has more electors than any other Welsh seat

Polls are now closed in the by-election for a new MP for Cardiff South and Penarth.

Its 78,000 voters make it Wales' biggest seat in terms of electors.

There were eight candidates: Labour, Communist, Socialist Labour, Liberal Democrat, Plaid Cymru, Green, Conservative and UKIP.

The seat includes parts of inner-city Cardiff, the heavily redeveloped waterfront of Cardiff Bay and Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The candidates were:

• Stephen Doughty (Labour)
• Robert Griffiths (Communist)
• Andrew Jordan (Socialist Labour)
• Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrat)
• Luke Nicholas (Plaid Cymru)
• Anthony Slaughter (Green)
• Craig Williams (Conservative)
• Simon Zeigler (UKIP)