TURA: The Secretary, Election Commission of India has informed that as per the provisions of Section 126 A of the Representation Act, 1951, there shall be restrictions on conduct of any exit poll and publication and dissemination of results of such exit polls during the Bye-Election to 51-South Tura (ST) Legislative Assembly Constituency.
Further, under sub-section (1) of Section 126 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Election Commission, having regards to the provisions of sub-section (2) of the said section, has notified the period between 7:00 AM and 5:30 PM on August 23 (Thursday) as the period during which conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicizing by means of the print or electronic media or dissemination in any other manner, whatsoever, the result of any exit poll in connection with the said Bye-Elections to the Legislative Assembly of 51-South Tura announced by the Commission vide Press Note dated 27th July, 2018, is prohibited.
It is further clarified that under Section 126 (1) (b) of the R.P. Act, 1951 displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for conclusion of poll for the aforesaid Bye-Election.