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UP Assembly election 2022: EC bans exit polls till March 7

Any person who violates the order will be punished with a two-year jail term or fine or both.

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Chennai

Any person who violates the order will be punished with a two-year jail term or fine or both.

The Election Commission has banned all exit polls pertaining to the coming Assembly elections from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7. 

In a statement issued in Lucknow on Saturday, UP's Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said that conducting the exit polls, its publication in print or electronic media or its publicity has been banned from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7. 

Any person who violates the order will be punished with a two-year jail term or fine or both.

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