Page 55 - Leap of Faith Vol - 2
P. 55

A New Democracy on World Map    Chapter 2





            To capture the votes of such a large electorate across
            India, 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 confusion, 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 a voter's forefinger, 1952




            Polling Booth at Modern School, New Delhi


                                                                                                                37
   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60