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total countries/territories: 43
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Albania
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
ACEEEO questionnaire on Media and elections, Albania, Question 7.1
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2012/02/21
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Algeria
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Articles 117 and 167 of the Algerian Election Law
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2005/05/08
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Argentina
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2021/12/26
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Armenia
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/03/24
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Australia
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d. Other (specify)
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In Australian, results can be reported as soon as available, even if polling is still underway in other parts of the country due to time differences.
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2005/05/12
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Austria
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a. Before all polls close
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There is no legal provision prohibiting the media to report preliminary election results. In practice, the Austrian mass media concluded a voluntary agreement not to publish any election results before the closing of the last Austrian polling station.
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2005/06/13
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Azerbaijan
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Preliminary results of elections (referendum) for a constituency should be submitted to the Central Election Commission and mass media immediately after the acceptance of protocols on voting results of election precincts by the Constituency Election Commissions and should be published in form of a summarized schedule.
Source:
Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan as amended in 2016, art. 109.3: https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7885/file/Azerbaijan_Election_am2017_en.pdf (2018).
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2022/02/07
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Bahrain
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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The official results are announces by the chairman of the EMB and then they are announced through the official gazette and the media.
Source:
Articles 28 and 29, part 3 of the Law by decree no. 14 for the year 2002, exercising political rights.
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2005/05/16
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Belarus
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Electoral code
CCE resolution on use of mass media
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2006/04/06
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Belgium
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/06/15
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Benin
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Decision N°113-00/HAAC concerning the regulation of pre-campaigning and campaigning in media for the legislative election in March 2003, Part 2, Chapter 4, Article 68.
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2005/06/28
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Bermuda
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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After polls close and official results are released, returning officers are allowed to inform the media.
Source:
No specific law
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2006/04/11
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/03/29
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Brazil
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2024/10/22
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Bulgaria
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Law for the Presidental Elections Art 15
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2005/11/15
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Canada
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Elections Canada (www.elections.ca)
Electoral Law: Canada Elections Act, Clause 329
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2010/06/29
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Croatia
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Act on election of representatives to the Croatian Parliament. Art. 26.
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2005/11/14
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Cyprus
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended;
Law 7(I)/1998 regulating radio and television stations, Art. 34D, 45(1)
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2012/04/27
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Czech Republic
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Source:
Act NO. 247 On Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and on Amendments of Certain Other Acts, Dated September 27, 1995
Article 16 The Election Campaign, (7)
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2006/11/30
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Djibouti
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Elections in Africa
A Data Handbook.1999, Edited by Dieter Nohlen, Bernard Thibaut, and Michael Krennerich
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2005/05/10
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Egypt
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=211220016956490&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2005/06/22
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Eritrea
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d. Other (specify)
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Source:
Elections Act, Art 56
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2011/06/22
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France
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Electoral Code, Art. L52-2
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2012/05/03
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Germany
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/04/13
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Greece
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
P.D. 96/2007 (Codification of the legal provisions on parliamentary elections), Art. 89-90
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2012/04/13
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Italy
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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The Ministry of Interior sets up a special conference where the results are gradually updated. All journalists are invited.
Source:
Law of 22 February 2000, n. 28, Art. 8
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2012/04/17
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Lithuania
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/03/29
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Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Art 52 Law on election of MP's
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2005/03/23
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Morocco
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Chapter 4, Section 5 of the Moroccan Election Law
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=021020014250675&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2007/01/29
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Niger
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Pr niandou Souley Abdoulaye
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2005/06/07
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Palestine
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Articles 84 to 87, Electoral Law
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=021020013748088&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2005/06/22
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Portugal
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/06/14
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Romania
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Law on the Election of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, 2004.
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2005/03/30
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Russian Federation
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Central Election Commission
e-mail: [email protected]
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2005/03/29
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Sierra Leone
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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2005/06/09
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Slovakia
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Art. 15. para. 16. of the presidential election act provides that It is banned to publish polls on results of the voting during the election.
Source:
Art. 15. para. 16. of the presidential election act
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2005/04/02
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Somalia
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
http://www.somalilandforum.com/somaliland/law/pres_council_election_law.htm
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2005/08/26
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Sudan
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Part 11, Article 62, Law of Election in Sudan.
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=051120013054741&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2006/11/20
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Tunisia
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Articles 71 and 105 of the Tunisian Election Law.
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=021020013249846&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2005/05/08
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Turkey
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Radios and all broadcasting organisations shall be prohibited from providing news or elections and from making estimations and commenting on the results of election until 18 hours on the day of voting.
Between 18:00 and 21:00 hours, only radios can broadcast news and declarations supplied by the Supreme Board of Elections.
All broadcasting shall be free after 21:00 hours.
Source:
Art 80 electoral code
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2015/06/01
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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b. After all polls close, before official results are available
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Source:
Representation of the People Act 1983, ch. 2, Part I, Section 66A
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2012/05/09
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Yemen
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c. After all polls close, after official results are available
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Source:
Part 6, Article 107 of the Electoral Law of Yemen 2001.
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=181120033455535&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2006/11/20
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