ECI bans exit polls during J&K Assembly Election
05/09/2024
Srinagar, Sep 4: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has prohibited the conduct of any exit polls by media outlets during the Assembly Election for Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The ECI has prohibited the exit poll under Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
The exit poll ban on election results, according to notification, starts from the beginning of hours fixed for poll on the first day of poll and continues till half an hour after the closing of the poll in J&K.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election are scheduled to commence from 18 September 2024 in 3 Phases across the Union Territory.
A notification issued today stated that the schedule for the on-going General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir was announced by the Election Commission through Press Note No. ECU/PN/128/2024 dated August 16, 2024, and Press Note No. ECU/PN/132/2024 dated August 31, 2024.
Invoking Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (R.P. Act, 1951), the notification emphasized that "no person shall conduct any exit poll and publish or publicize by means of the print or electronic media, or disseminate in any other manner whatsoever, the result of any exit poll during such period as may be notified by the Election Commission in this regard."
The notification added that any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term that may extend to two years, or with a fine, or both.
The ECI has also clarified that under Section 126(1)(b) of the R.P. Act, 1951, displaying any election matter, including the results of any opinion poll or other poll survey, in any electronic media, is prohibited during the 48-hour period ending with the conclusion of polling in connection with the aforesaid general elections.
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