The Samajwadi Party's bicycle symbol pictured on a flag during a 2017 rally. Assigned by the Electoral Commission of India, party symbols can be important campaigning tools.

With a broom as its symbol, the Aam Aadmi Party, a regional party in northern India, hopes to "clean the filth that has permeated India's government and legislature," it said in a 2013 statement.

01/27/2024 Religious beliefs and cultural values have largely directed how India's political parties choose their emblems. DW traces the origins of the most popular symbols.

Ever since independent India's first elections began in 1951, when less than one in five Indians could read, political parties have selected easy-to-identify symbols based on everyday items to ...

Every time you see Congress party symbol, only one thing strikes your mind – Talk to the Hand. Ask them on the 2G scam, coal-gate scam, Common Wealth games Scam, their answer remains same.

Credit: Election Commission of India Subscribe for ads-free reading The main reason for the existence of political party symbols in India is obviously to help voters easily identify and remember ...

India offers hundreds of symbols for political parties. The flashlight, "lady farmer" and lotus blossom (Prime Minister Modi's party symbol) appear on voting machine ballots for elections this spring.