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Media and Elections

When are the media, by law, allowed to report preliminary election results?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 43
a. Before all polls close 1 2.3% Austria,
b. After all polls close, before official results are available 27 62.7% Armenia, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Niger, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Turkey,
c. After all polls close, after official results are available 13 30.2% Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen,
d. Other (specify) 2 4.6% Australia, Eritrea,


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