The voting day is often described as a “festival of democracy”, but election officials in the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency, in an attempt to enthuse voters to exercise their franchise, had made arrangements to literally make them feel like kings and queens. At the booth in the zilla panchayat office in Shivamogga town, there was a selfie point with a “throne” and “crown.”
Voters posed for pictures sitting on the throne and wearing the crown, after casting their votes. The election staff wore attires resembling the staff in a palace and the polling station was decorated to look like a palace.
