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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies in India and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country. The Election Commission operates under the authority of the Constitution as per Article 324 and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act. The Election Commission of India logo dynamically symbolises the masses without barriers of caste, education and economics. The enclosed stable form in the logo represents the strength and foolproof democratic electoral process, without actually focusing on the mechanisms. A visual feel of the alphabet ‘E’ representing Election or Equality and alphabet ‘I’ for India can be observed. Stripes of three colours represent the flag, making a sense of belonging to India. The composition of various

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS On 28 December 1885, 72 social reformers, journalists and lawyers congregated for the first session of Indian National Congress at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay. As of 2021, the election symbol of Congress, as approved by the Election Commission of India, is an image of a right hand with its palm facing front and its fingers pressed together; this is usually shown in the centre of a tricolour flag. This symbol was first used by Indira Gandhi when she split from the Congress (R) faction following the 1977 elections and created the New Congress (I). The hand is supposed to be symbolic of strength, energy and unity. https://www.inc.in/brief-history-of-congress https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat-life/how-indiras-congress-got-its-hand-symbol-442625 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress#cite_note-hand_symbol-299  

BHAATIYA JANATA PAY The official ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is  integral humanism , which was first formulated by Indian politician  Deendayal Upadhyaya  in 1965. The party advocates  social conservatism  and a foreign policy centred on nationalist principles.  Its election symbol is blooming lotus in water. It is normally depicted in orange (saffron) and green. The party flag too uses the same colour scheme. Lotus symbolizes purity, divinity, Indianness and virtue. https://www.bjp.org/philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party  

BALASAHEBCHI SHIV SENA The Election Commission of India (EC) on October 10, 2022 allotted new party name to the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. EC has decreed that the faction would be known as ‘Balasahebchi Shiv Sena’ granted his faction of the 'two swords and a shield' symbol. The party uses the symbol along with a portrait of the founder of Shiv Sena and its name in orange (saffron) background. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/eknath-shinde-says-new-symbol-is-emblem-of-chhatrapati-shivaji-and-old-shiv-sena/articleshow/94791999.cms?from=mdr Secretariat of Election Commission of India Letter No56/01/Dispute/PPS-II/2022 Date October 10, 2022 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/eci-gives-new-names-for-thackeray-shinde-factions-rejects-alternative-party-symbols-proposed-by-shinde-camp/article65993433.ece  

SHIV SENA (UDDHAV BALASAHEB THACKERAY) The Election Commission of India (EC) on October 10, 2022 allotted new party name to the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray giving the (mashaal) torch symbol to the Thackeray group. EC has decreed that the Uddhav Thackeray faction would be called the ‘Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)’ The torch in black and white is shown in an orange (saffron) circle. The name of the party is written in Devnagari at the bottom in orange and black.   Secretariat of Election Commission of India Letter No56/01/Dispute/PPS-II/2022 Date October 10, 2022 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/eci-gives-new-names-for-thackeray-shinde-factions-rejects-alternative-party-symbols-proposed-by-shinde-camp/article65993433.ece https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/newly-allotted-shiv-sena-symbol-historical-significance-8201839/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sena-vs-sena-uddhav-camp-gets-mashaal-as-poll-symbol-new-name-is-shiv-sena-u

SHIV SENA Shiv Sena  ( IAST : Śiva Sēnā) ( lit.  'Army of  Shivaji ') is a  right-wing Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist  political party in  India  founded in 1966 by cartoonist  Bal Thackeray . Originally emerging from  nativist  movements in  Bombay  (present-day Mumbai), the party agitates for preferential treatment for the  Marathi people  over migrants from other parts of India. Its election symbol for Maharashtra is bow and arrow with the name of the party in Marathi at the bottom. Due to factionalism, the Election Commission of India has frozen the symbol since 2022.   https://shivsena.org/https://shivsena.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ss_emblem_70px_orange_circle_new.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97729639 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Sena#:~:text=Its%20election%20symbol%20for%20Maharashtra,2019%20To%2029%20June%202022.&text=Although%20the%20party's%20primary%20base,to%20a%20pan%2DIndian%20base .