After 30 minutes close of polls TV channel can telecast exit poll: EC

For a brief while it appeared as if the Election Commissioner, H.S. Brahma, was not on the same page as the Election Commission on the issue of broadcast/telecast/publication of exit polls when he insisted that they could not be released before the day of counting on May 16.

Responding to questions at an interactive session with Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) here on Friday, Mr. Brahma said exit poll outcomes could not be made public till the date of counting as there could be cases of re-poll.

Under the current law, exit poll results can be released half-an-hour after the last phase of polling.

However, soon after Mr. Brahma’s assertion, the Election Commission clarified in a statement that the ban was valid only till the end of the last phase of polling on May 12.

“Exit poll is prohibited till half an hour after closing of the poll on May 12 (the last day of the nine-phased polling),” the Commission said.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/4810-after-30-minutes-close-of-polls-tv-channel-can-telecast-exit-poll-ec.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/4810-after-30-minutes-close-of-polls-tv-channel-can-telecast-exit-poll-ec.html