Diagram 25: Illustrating whether voting was suspended for a significant period during the voting process As shown in Diagram 25 above, the polling process for 2018 Harmonized Elections went smoothly without significant hindrances in almost all the polling stations observed by CCJPZ. There could have been very few incidences - 3,38% in this case - where voting was disrupted, but they were not significant to discredit the overall flow of the electoral process. 5.2.9 Political Campaigns or Regalia within the Vicinity of Polling Stations According to Section 7 of the Electoral Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Candidates and Other Stakeholders, ―(1) No political party or candidate may, from midnight twenty-four hours before polling day in any election or referendum until polling stations are closed on that day— ( a) convene or hold a public gathering of any kind; (b) publish, or cause or permit the publication, of any advertisement or statement promoting or opposing a particular party or candidate; (c) disrupt the work of election officials at a polling station or counting centre; (d) campaign or display campaign material within 300 metres of a polling station or counting centre; (e) coerce a voter, who 32 does not require assistance, to be assisted to vote. The following diagram shows the conduct of political parties on the Election Day: 32 See also Extract from Electoral Act Consolidated as at 28 May 2018 - FOURTH SCHEDULE (Sections 40B, 46, 133G, 160A and 191) Electoral Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Candidates and Other stakeholders 33