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No. 731 , CUTTACK , THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019 / CHAITRA 21 , 1941

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NOTIFICATION

The 11th April, 2019

No.8371-VE(A)-106/2019/Elec.–

The

following

notification

published

by

Election

Commission of India, New Delhi in the Gazette of India, dated 7th March , 2019 is hereby

republished in an Extra-ordinary issue of Gazette of Odisha for general information.

By order,

SURENDRA KUMAR

Chief Electoral Officer & Ex Officio,

Principal Secretary to Government

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan,Ashoka Road,New Delhi – 110001

No.576/Exit/2019/SDR-Vol.I

Dated: 7th April, 2019

17 Chaitra, 1941 (Saka)

NOTIFICATION

Whereas, the schedule for General Elections to the House of the People,

2019, State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha &

Sikkim 2019 and bye-elections in the State Legislative Assemblies of Bihar, Goa, Gujrat,

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu,

Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal, were announced by the Commission vide Press Notes

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bearing No. ECI/PN/23/2019 dated 10^th March, 2019, ECI/PN/26/2019 dated 13^th March,

2019 and ECI/PN/28/2019 dated 14^th March, 2019.

2. And whereas, as per the provisions of Section 126A of The Representation of the

People Act, 1951 (in short R.P. Act, 1951) there shall be restrictions on conduct of any exit

poll and publication and dissemination of result of such exit poll during such period, as

may be notified by the Election Commission in this regard;

3. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers under sub-Section (1) of Section 126A of the

R.P. Act, 1951, the Election Commission, having regard to the provisions of sub-Section

(2) of the said Section, hereby notifies the period between 7.00 A.M on 11^th April,2019

(Thursday) and 6.30 PM on 19^th May, 2019 (Sunday) 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 current General Elections to the House of the People,2019, and the

State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunanchal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim

2019, and bye-elections from assembly constituencies announced vide Press Notes

referred to above, to be held simultaneously with the general election to Lok Sabha, shall

be prohibited.

4. 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 hours

fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas in connection with aforesaid

General elections and bye-elections.

By order,

K.F. WILFRED

Senior Principal Secretary

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