Print this article

Election Commission bans exit polls till March 7

January 29, 2022 21:58 IST

The Election Commission has banned all exit polls pertaining to the coming assembly elections from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7.

IMAGE: Union home minister Amit Shah during a door to door campaign ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, in Saharanpur, January 29, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo

In a statement issued here on Saturday, UP's Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said that conducting the exit polls, its publication in print or electronic media or its publicity has been banned from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7.

Any person who violates the order will be punished with a two-year jail term or fine or both.