ECI ban exit poll till Oct 30

There shall be a ban on the display of the results of any opinion pre poll or exit polls by the print or electronic media till  polling day on October 30.
 Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh, C. Palrasu said that in compliance with the guidelines of the Election Commission of India in view of the bye-election-2021, on the polling day fixed on October 30, 2021, any type of opinion poll or any other  exit poll, there will be a ban on the publication or broadcast of the survey.
 He informed that no media house could display the result of any voter pre poll survey in any print or electronic media or any other exit poll (including exit polls) in the by-elections of Mandi Parliamentary Constituency and Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly Constituencies-2021 
 The display of any election related material will also be prohibited for the period from 600hrs to 1830 hrs on October 30, 2021 (Saturday).
 He said that section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides that no person shall conduct an exit poll and the result of an exit vote poll shall be declared during such period as may be notified by the Election Commission in this behalf.  .
He said that any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

The display of any election related matter, including the results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media during the following 48 hours shall be prohibited.