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Indian Bhartiya Janata Party supporters celebrate BJP's victory in elections they firecrackers in the premises of party's office. Arun Jaitley, Indian politician speaks about BJP's victory in elections.

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A vote-counting agent checks vote on a machine and announce while the other person notes the counting on a paper. See the vote slips are being kept in plastic baskets.

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Indian politicians arrive at BJP's office in Government white Ambassador cars. See Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani come out from the office. George Fernandes, Indian Politician speaks about NDA government.

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Indian designer designs BJP election campaign pamphlet on Aldus pag maker software during 1998 elections in India. He makes two layers one with Hindi font and another with BJP election symbol and put them together.

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Indian workers print election pamphlets on a traditional wooden printing machine. He puts a blank orange paper on the surface and presses the wooden flap against the paper which has the text and he presses the flap from backside which has i…

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Indian tailor makes banners for BJP election campaign in the year 1998. He measures and marks the cloth and cuts it on the basis of measurement while a woman stitches it with an orange color cloth.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat·politics · dance

Bhartiya Janata Party wins 14 out of 21 seats in Ahmedabad in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017. See the BJP supporters dance to the beat of drums.

politics · village

Chaos, riots, pelting, stampede, etc., you can name it and it happens in India on the occasion of elections in India.

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It is 1999 and LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee meet the media after the results of the parliamentary elections in which their party the BJP came out as the single largest majority.

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This is how voters vote during elections before the electronic ballot boxes were introduced by the Election Commission. Voters in India verify their names in the electoral roll at their respective polling stations to be allowed to vote.

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It was supposed to be his last day in office but true to his unpredictable style, Chief Election Commissioner Mr. TN Seshan stayed home and disappointed the battery of cameramen and journalists waiting for the photo opportunity.

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Chief Election Commissioner MS Gill on reports of disturbances in certain areas during the voting. The developments in different states and the election commissions duties of repolling etc.

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The wave of the hand, the calculated smile, the measured words, the cultivated disposition, the crowd-pulling antics, the political stardom does not come easy in India.

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A compilation of clips of the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India, TN Seshan along with his other member Chief Election Commissioners GVG Krishnamurty and MS Gill.

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This is how our Voter ID card system started! With the treat from the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr.

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Will it be the BJP or Congress? Hung Parliament likely, it seems! The campaign is over the votes cast and now only the counting remains by the 15th of March the company should get a new government.

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Arun Nehru tells us that there is a three-cornered fight in Uttar Pradesh - BJP, samajwadi Party and BSP. Congress vote share has fallen considerably. That is the condition during these elections, post 1998.

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Lots of stashed cash has been seized in Andhra Pradesh by the police. This money was to be used for election mal-pratices, for bribing voters and buying them alcohol and more...

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Indians with BJP caps throng the streets in a 1990's election year in India. Other wear Congress caps. Lots of chants of Zindabad and much electioneering follows. Officials meanwhile tabulate the ballots received.

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Whither the concept of the secret ballot? Isn't it illegal to publicly show your voting choice or expose your ballot? Well, this Congress man is very joyous in showing his vote to Sonia Gandhi in the Congress President Elections in 2000.

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The Election Commission announces the dates for the 13th Lok Sabha elections in 1999 after the fall out of the BJP led NDA coalition government. George Fernandes can be seen.

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People were all excited when EVM's or Electronic Voting Machines were used for the first time in India, in an effort to prevent ballot stuffing in boxes, and rigged elections.

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Photo Voter ID cards for Indian voters come into play in 1995! An interview with the man who changes elections in India, TN Seshan. The former election Commissioner does sound like he has no time for nonsense.