The Election Commission has released a notification prohibiting the conduct, publication, or publicising of exit polls from 7:00 am on April 19 till 6:30 pm on June 1, coinciding with the voting period for both the Lok Sabha and four state assembly elections.
The notification issued on Thursday further clarified that in accordance with the provisions outlined in the Representation of the People Act, the display of any election-related content, including the outcomes of opinion polls or other survey polls, on any electronic media platform would be prohibited during the 48-hour period leading up to the conclusion of the poll.
Besides Lok Sabha polls, assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim are going for elections.
Separately, bye-election to 25 assembly constituencies in 12 states are also being held in this period.