EC increases polling time by two hours for Lok Sabha polls

That would likely lead to long queues at polling stations as voting draws to a close.  

A total of 81.4 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections which begin on April 7 and end on May 12.

Of these voters, a total of about 10 crore are those whose names have been newly added on electoral rolls.

The last Lok Sabha polls had a total of 71.3 crore electors.