The 1996 election in the Modakurichi Assembly constituency was bizarre by all means. There were a record 1,033 candidates in the fray. Ballot booklets ran to 65 pages each to accommodate the candidates and their symbols. One thousand giant ballot boxes were deployed. All this forced the EC to consider measures to weed out frivolous candidates
The 1996 election in the Modakurichi Assembly constituency was bizarre by all means. There were a record 1,033 candidates in the fray. Ballot booklets ran to 65 pages each to accommodate the candidates and their symbols. One thousand giant ballot boxes were deployed. All this forced the EC to consider measures to weed out frivolous candidates
