Moga bypolls: EC prohibits Exit poll

The Election Commission of India on Monday notified the period between 8am and 5:30pm on February 23 as the period during which "conducting any exit poll or disseminating in any manner whatsoever and result of any exit poll in connection with the Moga assembly constituency byelection" would be prohibited.

The Election Commission of India on Monday notified the period between 8am and 5:30pm on February 23 as the period during which "conducting any exit poll or disseminating in any manner whatsoever and result of any exit poll in connection with the Moga assembly constituency byelection" would be prohibited.

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A spokesperson for the ECI clarified that displaying any election matter, including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey in any electronic media would also be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of the poll process.