Jammu: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today banned exit polls between April 9th and April 16th when by elections are held for two Lok Sabha seats of Srinagar and Anantnag in Kashmir.
The poll governing body in a notification issued said, “In connection with the bye-elections to Srinagar and Anantnag Parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the ECI has prohibited exit polls between 7 AM on April 9 and 6.30 PM on April 12th.
The notification stated, “In exercise of the powers under Sub-Section (1) of Section 126 A of the Representation of People s Act 1951, ECI has notified the period between 7 AM on April 9 and 6.30 PM on April 12 during which conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicising by means of the print or electronic media or dissemination in any other manner whatsoever, the result of any exit poll shall be prohibited.”
The notification added, displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll for bye-elections.
