You must have heard a lot of talk about the election in the last month or so.No wonder,if you felt bored.But there are some very interesting facts about elections,too....!!
- * The word candidate comes from the Latin word,"candidate" meaning one clad in while.In 2004,Ramchandra Veerappa of Karnataka become the oldest person to be elected to our country's parliament-at 94 he won a Lok Sabha seat.
- India doesn't have an absentee ballot system.Section.19 of the Representation of the People Act(RPA),1950,allows a person to register to vote if he or she is above 18 years and has been living at the same address for 6 month or longer.
- The Election voting Machine(EVM for short) used by the voters to cast their votes is a long rectangular electronic box made of light metals and plastic.It has a control unit and a balloting unit,with a cable connecting the tow.The control unit records all the votes deposited through the ballot units.Each control unit can control up to four ballot units.
Election will continue....
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