diff --git a/src/components/common/ProgressTracker.jsx b/src/components/common/ProgressTracker.jsx
index 9c4ac5d..51020a4 100644
--- a/src/components/common/ProgressTracker.jsx
+++ b/src/components/common/ProgressTracker.jsx
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ const ProgressTracker = () => {
           </div>
         </>
         {/* to not show any countdown from 1 sept to 7 sept */}
-        {!electionStarted && countdown.days === 0 ? null : (
+        {!electionStarted &&
+        countdown.days === 0 &&
+        countdown.hours === 0 ? null : (
           <div
             style={{ backgroundColor: '#F29BC0' }}
             className="p-2 text-white font-semibold flex gap-x-8 justify-center items-center"