Department of Information and Public Relations

Press Release No. 481/19

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NOTIFICATION

The Secretary, Election Commission of India has informed that as per the provisions of Section 126 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, there shall be restrictions on conduct of any exit poll and publication and dissemination of result of such exit poll during the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra, bye elections from 51 Assembly Constituencies of 17 States including 26- Shella (ST) Assembly Constituency in the State of Meghalaya and bye elections from 23- Samastipur (SC) Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Bihar & 45 Satara Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Maharashtra with poll scheduled to be taken on 21.10.2019.

Further under sub-Section (1) of Section 126 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Election Commission, having regards to the provisions of sub-section (2) of the said section, hereby notifies the period between 7.00 AM and 6:30 P.M. on the 21.10.2019 (Monday), as the period during which 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 Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra, bye elections from 51 Assembly Constituencies of 17 States including 26 Shella (ST) Assembly Constituency in the State of Meghalaya and bye elections from 23- Samastipur (SC) Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Bihar & 45 Satara Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Maharashtra, is prohibited. It is further clarified that under Section 126 (1) (b) of the R.P. Act, 1951 displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, is prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas in connection with the aforesaid General Elections and bye elections.