Shyam Saran Negi (1 July 1917 – 5 November 2022) was an Indian school teacher in Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, who cast the first vote in the 1951 general election in India[2][3] — the nation's first election since the end of the British Rule in 1947.

[6] He voted in every general election since 1951 until his death, and is believed to have been India's oldest voter as well as its first.

[4][7] Shyam Saran Negi also made a special appearance in a Hindi film Sanam Re.

[8] Negi died on 5 November 2022, at the age of 105,[9][10] just three days after casting his vote for the 34th time.

[11] Following the news of his death, the Indian Government announced that Negi would be cremated with full state honours in Kalpa.