Team News Riveting
New Delhi, March 26
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has prohibited the conduct and publication of any exit poll in connection with the general election to the four states and a union territory besides by-elections in some constituencies across the country.
Besides four states that include Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, union territory of Puducherry is going to the assembly elections 2021. The process would start from West Bengal on Saturday.
“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 through 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,” an official notification by the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.
ECI has further prohibited the display of any election matter, including results of any opinion poll or any other survey, in any electronic media, during 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas in connection with the Assembly elections.
Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both, the notification added.
