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With a dream to become a sovereign democratic republic after a 200-year-long freedom struggle from the British era, India’s first general election kicked off in 1952.
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Back in 1967, paper ballots were used instead of electronic machines (EVMs).
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Election Commission deployed boats, planes, camels as well as elephants to ensure high voter turnout in remote areas.
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Though the registered voters were mostly male, several women turned up to vote in the first election
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"When I vote, I choose not just a present for myself, but also a future for my children,'' said a Reang tribal women who cast her vote at a polling booth in Tripura in 1983.
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Shompen tribe, supposedly the last surviving stone-age tribes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, emerged out to vote for the first time in 2014 just to see the electronic voting machine (EVMs)
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Polling was a time-consuming process as the ballot papers were used. After the polling, the boxes were opened and mixed together.
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Voters used to travel a thousand miles to get to the polling station.
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Since there were no news channels , the results were displayed outside Red Fort in New Delhi.