Amidst the hubbub of Assam Assembly Elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken the decision to prohibit the conduct and publishing of exit polls.
ECI on March 25 issued an order prohibiting the conduct and publishing of any exit poll between March 27 to April 29 by any form of media.
Moreover, the Election Commission of India has prohibited the display of any election-related matter.
This includes results of any opinion poll or any other survey, in any electronic media. There will be no opinion polls during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for the conclusion of the poll in the respective polling areas.
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The official notification of the Election Commission stated:
“Election Commission of India, under the provision of Sub-Section (1) of Section 126A of the Representation of People Act, 1951 having regard to the provisions of Sub-Section-(2) of the said Act notifies the period between 7:00 am on 27th March 2021 (Saturday) to 7:30 pm on 29th April 2021 (Thursday) as the period wherein conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicizing by means of the print or electronic media or dissemination in any other manner whatsoever, the result of any exit poll in connection with the General Election to the Assam Legislative Assembly-2021, shall be prohibited”.
