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General election to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, 2016

Chandigarh, 01st December, 2016: The general election to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh has been scheduled to be held on 18.12.2016.          The political parties, contesting candidates and the press media are participating in the election actively. For the same The Election Commission of India has imposed restrictions on publication of result of exit poll and opinion poll at the time of elections to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sh. S. K. Srivastava, State Election Commissioner of U.T Chandigarh under article 243K and 243ZA of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of section 10 of THE PUNJAB MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1976 AS EXTENDED TO THE UNION TERRITORY, CHANDIGARH, by The Punjab Municipal Corporation law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994,  has hereby directed:-
          The poll for the aforesaid general election will be conducted on 18.12.2016 during the hours of 8.00 A.M. and 5.00 P.M. (till the last voter in queue has casted his/her vote). It is hereby notified that the period between 8.00 A.M. and 5.00 P.M. as aforesaid on 18.12.2016 shall be 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 said general election, shall be prohibited.
          It is further clarified that displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would also be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll for the aforesaid general election.


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