Electoral symbol

An electoral symbol is a standardised symbol allocated to an independent candidate or political party by a country's election commission for use in election ballots.

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 candidates' names on ballot papers.

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