New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday imposed a near month-long ban on holding exit polls beginning November 12 in the five poll-bound states.
A notification issued by the poll panel said between 7 am of November 12 and 5.30 pm of December 7, “conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicising the result of the exit poll by means of the print or electronic media or in any other manner shall be prohibited”. While Chhattisgarh is going to polls in two phases on November 12 and 20, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram have elections on November 28.
Rajasthan and Telangana will go to polls on December 7. Using powers under the Representation of People Act, 1951, EC bans exit polls from the time the poll begins till half-an-hour after the polling ends.
