Kalpa |,India's first voter Shyam Saran Negi
today cast his vote at a polling booth at his native place here. 97-year old
Negi reached the polling booth at 6.55 AM accompanied by his wife Hira Mani
(92).Shyam Saran Negi became the first voter of the country when elections were held
for the first time in the country on October 25, 1951 in Kinnaur. The polling
was held in phases and other parts of the country went to polls in February
1952.The State Election Commission had recently appointed him as its brand
ambassador for the poll campaign in the tribal region.Negi's name was registered at serial no 123 in polling booth no 50 today and
incidentally the booth was set up in the school from where he had retired after
serving for 23 years.He was the first person to caste his vote there, followed
by his wife.Kinnaur Deputy Commissioner DD Sharma welcomed Negi at the polling
station and honoured him by presenting a cap and scarf when he came out of the
polling booth.Kinnaur assembly segment falls in Mandi Lok Sabha seat and Negi
has cast his vote in Lok Sabha for seventeenth time, including the Mandi Lok
Sabha by-election held in June 2013.Thanking the government for recognising him
as the first voter, Negi appealed people to come.
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