Lok Sabha Exit Polls After 6:30 PM Tomorrow

New Delhi: As the Lok Sabha polls are set to conclude tomorrow evening, various media organisations will declare the results of exit polls conducted after 6:30 pm on Saturday.

The poll body had put an embargo on the publication of exit polls from April 19, 2024 (7 am) till June 1 (6:30 pm).

The election campaign of Lok Sabha polls ended on Thursday with the stage set for the seventh and final phase of polls on Saturday on 57 seats across seven states and a Union Territory. A total of 904 candidates are in the fray for the voting to be held on June 1.

Exit polls forecast the outcome of the elections. It gives an indication on how the voter has exercised its franchise.

Polling will be held on Saturday on 13 seats each in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, nine seats in West Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, all four seats in Himachal Pradesh, three seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Chandigarh.

As the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections are nearing an end, the Congress party has announced that it will not participate in the debates on Exit Polls, which will take place from June 1 onwards.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera made the announcement on Friday, saying the party doesn’t see any reason to indulge in “speculation and slugfest for TRP”.

“The Indian National Congress will not participate in the debates on #Exit Polls,” he added.

Khera further said that the party will participate in the debates after June 4, when the election results are out.