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“The opinion polls or exit polls should not be publicised from February 14 to 21 till the voting ends,” it said. In its order, the commission has said that the election campaign has to stop by 5.30 pm on February 19. TO ENSURE there is no influence of opinion or exit poll on the voters of municipal corporation, the State Election Commission has banned the publicity of the opinion or exit polls on all mass media, including social media, from February 14 till the end of voting on February 21. Watch What Else Is Making News:The opinion or exit polls should not be published on social networking sites such as Facebook, internet medium, SMS, television channels, radio, print or any other medium, the commission said. As per the commission’s directives, the civic bodies were told to publish the election notification on January 27 as the nomination filing would begin on the day..