Structure of answer:

• Introduction (Explain the basic definition).
• Difference between Exit and opinion poll
• Why ECI is opposed to them during the period of ongoing elections?
• Other practice during elections in the other countries.
• Conclusion ( Say about decision by ECI and importance of freedom of speech)

Key points:

• An opinion poll is a pre-election survey to gather voters’ views on a range of election-related issues.
• An exit poll, on the other hand, is conducted immediately after people have voted, and assesses the support for political parties and their candidates.
• Both kinds of polls can be controversial if the agency conducting them is perceived to be biased.
• The projections of these surveys can be influenced by the choice, wording and timing of the questions, and by the nature of the sample drawn.
• Political parties often allege that many opinions and exit polls are motivated and sponsored by their rivals, and could have a distorting effect on the choices voters make in a protracted election, rather than simply reflecting public sentiment or views.
• How are they conducted?Exit poll is a post-voting pollwhich is conducted just after a voter walks out after casting his or her vote.
• Such polls aim at predicting the actual result on the basis of the information collected from the voters. They are conducted by a number of organizations.