The ballot paper comprising names of all contesting candidates was first introduced in 1961. Before this, in the two preceding general elections i.e., 1952 & 1957, each contesting candidate used to have a dedicated ballot box and ballot papers. Voters used to be given a ballot paper (blank / uniform). The voters would then drop this ballot paper into the dedicated box of their preferred candidate. After the polling completes, at the time of counting, each of these ballot boxe

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