Why are symbols allotted to political parties?
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Symbols are used by parties in their campaigning, and printed on ballot papers where a voter must make a mark to vote for the associated party. One of their purposes is to facilitate voting by illiterate people, who cannot read parties' names on ballot papers.
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Explanation:
Many reasons make it essential for a political party as in:
• Helps in identification by a voter and eases voting process for a significant section which is illiterate.
• Act as identifier of social base of the party – SP’s cycle identifies the party with common man
• Signifies the values and ideology – BJP’s saffron lotus signifies its cultural nationalism
• Party symbols are stamped on welfare goods distributed to people and make them aware of how the party and its leaders are. Party symbols on distributed laptops.
• Effective means of communication and publicity.