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BJP leader wants polling time till 7 PM for maximum turnout

Bhopal: A BJP leader has demanded that the voting time in the Lok Sabha polls should be increased till 7 PM for an impressive voter turnout.  “The EC has raised the polling time by an

PTI Updated on: March 28, 2014 12:16 IST
“For the North-East region, the hours of poll have fixed from 7 AM to 5 PM. However, in Manipur and Nagaland hours of poll have been fixed from 7 AM to 4 PM.

Also, due to certain security parameters in some other parliamentary constituencies, the poll hours have been fixed from 7 AM to 4 PM.”

Under provision of Section 56 of the Representation of People Act, 1951, the EC is empowered to fix the hours of poll which shall not be less than eight hours.

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