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Leap of Faith Journey of Indian Elections

SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation) Programme initiatives
through EVMs, the NCT received an aggregate of 13,000 on October 8. For remaining six constituencies re-poll
EVMs from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In return, Delhi sent was held on October 28, 1999.
out 30,000 ballot boxes to Maharashtra and 3,000 to J&K.
The number of ballot boxes was found to be adequate The Thirteenth General Elections, were the last Lok
Sabha elections to be held in the twentieth century. It
without any need for fresh purchase.
established a stable government at the Centre, thus
The counting for 537 Parliamentary Constituencies was bringing to close the political uncertainty and instability
taken up on October 6, 1999 with results being declared witnessed during the 1990s.

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