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In the second Lok Sabha polls, a voter in erstwhile Madras had refused to exercise his franchise in favour of any person except the then chief election commissioner Sukumar Sen, saying various parties in the fray had been "harassing" him with their "election propaganda"..
According to an official report on the second general elections of 1957, some "unusual incidents" took place on polling days which went on to add an "element of humour to an otherwise prosaic and serious proceeding"...
According to the report on the 1957 elections by the Commission, colourful incidents had come to light from different parts of the country, from a voter in a backward district regarding a ballot box almost as an "object of veneration" to wild animals visiting some polling stations, making the overall electorate exercise anything but drab...
The official report on the second Lok Sabha polls also mentioned that a "superstitious voter in a backward district apparently regarded the ballot boxes almost as objects of veneration and was found offering prayers before them before casting his vote"...
Besides, petals of flowers "dusted with vermilion" were left upon a few ballot boxes which indicated that some voters had regarded the ballot boxes as "objects of worship," it said.. "In Madras, an old woman voter was actually heard to say aloud inside the polling compartment - 'In these days, you are the kingmaker and the minister-maker..
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