Prohibition on exit polls extended till March 9 (Lead)

New Delhi March 4 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday extended the ban on exit polls for the assembly elections in Goa Manipur Punjab Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh by a day to March 9 following the death of two candidates.

Conducting of exit poll and disseminating result of any exit poll now stands prohibited till 5.30 p.m. of March 9 2017 the poll panel said as it adjourned to March 9 the poll in Uttar Pradesh s Alapur and Uttarakhand s Karna Prayag.

The adjournment came after the deaths of Chand Shekhar the Samajwadi Party candidate from Alapur (SC) and Kanwasi the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate in Karna Prayag.

The Commission on January 27 had notified the period of prohibition of conduct of exit polls for the ongoing assembly polls from February 4 (7 a.m.) to March 8 (5.30 p.m.).

--IANS
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