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A New Democracy on World Map    Chapter 2





            To capture the votes of such a large electorate across a
            total of 1,32,560 polling sta ons, with 1,96,084 polling
            booths were set up. Of these polling sta ons 94,431 had
            one booth only. A total of 27,527 booths were reserved
            for women. A total of 24,73,850 ballot boxes (8” high x 9”
            long x 7 ½”wide) made up of 20 gauge steel were used.
            Addi onally  1,11,095  wooden  ballot  boxes  had  to  be
            used in Madras state as one of the manufacturers could
            not deliver on  me. To avoid confusions the ballot boxes
            for  Lok  Sabha  elec ons  and  Legisla ve  Assembly
            elec ons were differently coloured. Six hundred million
            ballot  papers  were  printed,  from  180  tons  of  paper,
            cos ng more than INR 10, 77,401.
                                                              Ballot boxes on display






























                                                              Polling Officer applying indelible ink mark on the forefinger, 1952




            Polling Booth at Modern School, New Delhi


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