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Part V—Section 4
Notifications by the Election Commission of India
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NOTIFICATIONS BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION’S NOTIFICATION REGARDING EXIT POLL AT THE GENERAL ELECTIONS
TO LOK SABHA AND BYE-ELECTIONS TO TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2019
No. SRO G-33/2019
The following Notification of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road,
New Delhi-110 001, dated 7th April, 2019 [17 Chaitra, 1941 (Saka)] is republished:-
No.576/Exit/2019/SDR-Vol.I:- Whereas, the schedule for the General Elections to the House of the
People, 2019, State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim 2019
and bye-elections in the State Legislative Assemblies of Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, were announced
by the Commission vide Press Notes bearing No. ECI/PN/23/2019 dated 10th March, 2019, ECI/PN/26/2019
dated 13th March, 2019 and ECI/PN/28/2019 dated 14th 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 11th April, 2019 (Thursday) and 6:30 PM on 19th 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, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and 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.