WSJ's Tripti Lahiri takes a look at the unique ballot design in India, where voters see icons next to candidates' names. A wide, quirky varoety of icons is used for nearly 1,400 political parties ...

CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI ... star campaigners will result in the respective political parties losing their recognition or symbol. A star campaigner, typically a popular ...

Referring to Subramanian Swamy vs Union of India (2008), the Supreme Court had ruled that election symbols are not the exclusive property of political parties and can only be reserved for ...

The court clarified that political parties could not claim symbols as their exclusive property, especially when the symbols could be lost due to poor electoral performance. The bench firmly said ...