ECI prohibits exit poll

Chandigarh, February11, 2013: The Election Commission of India today notified the period between 8 AM and 5.30 PM 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 bye poll would be prohibited.

A Spokesperson of the ECI further 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 poll regarding the Moga by poll.