The Election Commission has banned the publication and dissemination of exit polls of any kind in the five poll bound states from 11th November to 4th December. The Commission sent the orders to Chief Electoral Officers of the poll-bound states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Delhi.

The exit polls will be banned from 7 A.M tomorrow when polling for the first phase in Chhattisgarh starts till 5:30 PM on December 4 when the Delhi Assembly polls end.

Channels are also prohibited from telecasting interviews of voters after they cast their votes.

The Commission has also banned the publication of results of any opinion polls 48 hours before polling in a state.