Bihar election: Ban on exit polls from Oct 28 morning to Nov 7 evening

Bihar goes to assembly polls in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7

There will be a ban on conducting and telecasting exit polls on the Bihar assembly electionsfrom 7 am onOctober 28till 6.30 pm on November 7, the Election Commission said.

According to an October 3 notification of the poll panel, "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 each phase" of the state assembly polls.

Citing the Representation of the People Act, the EC said "the period between