The Election Commission has prohibited the conduct, publication, or publicising of exit polls for the Delhi assembly elections and bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu on February 5 from 7am to 6:30pm. Additionally, displaying any election-related content on electronic media will be banned during the 48-hour period leading up to the end of voting.
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