EC enforces exit poll ban during J&K elections

It is a routine exercise by the EC during elections to ensure a level playing field

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The Election Commission has prohibited the release of exit polls by media outlets or in any other manner during the Assembly elections-2024 for Jammu and Kashmir under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, an official spokesman said.

It is a routine exercise by the EC during elections to ensure a level playing field.

“The exit poll ban on election results, according to the notification, starts from the beginning of hours fixed for the voting on the first day of poll and continues till half an hour after the closing of the voting in J-K,” the spokesman said.