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7

Avril

2014 (17 Chaitra 1936)

No.

Puducherry

Monday

7th

April

2014

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

No. E.60/2014-1410.

Puducherry, the 4th April 2014.

The Notification No. 576/Exit/2014/SDR-Vol.I, dated 3-4-2014 received

from the Election Commission of India, New Delhi is published for information

of the public.

T. SREEKANTH, I.A.S.,

Chief Electoral Officer.

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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

No. 576/Exit/2014/SDR-Vol.I.

Nirvachan Sadan,

Ashoka Road,

New Delhi-110 001.

Dated the 3rd April, 2014/

13 Chaitra, 1936 (Saka).

NOTIFICATION

Whereas, the schedules for the General Elections to the House of the

People, 2014 and the State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal

Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim, 2014 and bye-elections in the State Legislative

Assemblies of Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were announced by the

Commission vide Press Notes bearing No. ECI/PN/10/2014, dated 5th March, 2014.

No. ECI/PN/13/2014, dated 10th March, 2014 and No. ECI/PN/17/2014,

27th March, 2014;

2. And whereas, as per the provisions of section 126-A of the 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 126-A 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 7th April, 2014 (Monday) and 6.30 p.m. on 12th May, 2014

(Monday), as the period during which conducting any exit poll and publishing

or publicising 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, 2014 and the State

Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and

Sikkim, 2014 and bye-elections from assembly constituencies in the State

Legislative Assemblies of Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to be held

simultaneously with the General Elections to Lok Sabha shall be prohibited.

4. It is further clarified that under section 126 (l) (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)

ASHISH CHAKRABORTY,

Secretary.

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