Election Commission has banned the Exit poll for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections till evening, 14th of December. The single-phase assembly election in Himachal Pradesh will be held tomorrow.
While the first phase of polls in Gujarat will take place on 9th of December and the second phase on 14th of December. In a statement, the poll body yesterday said, exit polls showing outcome of the Himachal Pradesh polls cannot be shown till both the phases of Gujarat polls are completed.
It said, conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicising by means of the print or electronic media or dissemination in any other manner shall be prohibited. It also said displaying any election matter, including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited 48 hours prior to the election day.
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