"electoral ink"

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18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand (second from right), General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), raises the certificate of registration that he receives from the Election Commission, Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after inking a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally signs itself for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party (which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party) which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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14 November 2025

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi shows his ink-marked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station during the Budgam Assembly constituency bypoll in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, on November 11, 2025. Budgam votes today in a key by-election where around 1.26 lakh voters decide the fate of 17 candidates. The main contest is between the National Conference's Aga Syed Mahmood and PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi. The bypoll is held after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah vacates the Budgam seat he won along with Ganderbal in the 2024 Assembly elections. Omar earlier defeats Mehdi by more than 18,000 votes.

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11 November 2025

An elderly woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her ballot at a polling station during the Budgam Assembly constituency bypoll in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, on November 11, 2025. Budgam votes today in a key by-election where around 1.26 lakh voters decide the fate of 17 candidates. The main contest is between the National Conference's Aga Syed Mahmood and PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi. The bypoll is held after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah vacates the Budgam seat he won along with Ganderbal in the 2024 Assembly elections. Omar earlier defeats Mehdi by more than 18,000 votes.

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13 July 2025

An official of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) marks a voter's finger with ink in Ogba as Lagos State conducts an election for its 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 12, 2025.

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13 July 2025

An official of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) marks a voter's finger with ink in Ogba as Lagos State conducts an election for its 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 12, 2025.

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3 June 2025

A polling station official paints a person's finger after he casts his ballot during the Judicial Branch Election Day to elect ministers, magistrates, and judges in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 1, 2025.

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3 June 2025

A polling station official paints a person's finger after he casts his ballot during the Judicial Branch Election Day to elect ministers, magistrates, and judges in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 1, 2025.

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1 June 2025

Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, shows her ink-marked thumb after casting her vote at the Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico City, Mexico. For the first time, citizens are able to directly elect judges and magistrates who administer justice throughout the country. The National Electoral Institute carries out the election on June 1, 2025.

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1 June 2025

Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, shows her ink-marked thumb after casting her vote at the Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico City, Mexico. For the first time, citizens are able to directly elect judges and magistrates who administer justice throughout the country. The National Electoral Institute carries out the election on June 1, 2025.

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1 June 2025

Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, shows her ink-marked thumb after casting her vote at the Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico City, Mexico. For the first time, citizens are able to directly elect judges and magistrates who administer justice throughout the country. The National Electoral Institute carries out the election on June 1, 2025.

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7 May 2025

A woman shows her ink-marked fingers after casting her vote during the Assam Panchayat Elections in Nagaon District, Assam, India, on May 7, 2025. Panchayats play a role in day-to-day local matters and serve as the backbone of Indian villages and basic units of administration.

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7 May 2025

A woman shows her ink-marked fingers after casting her vote during the Assam Panchayat Elections in Nagaon District, Assam, India, on May 7, 2025. Panchayats play a role in day-to-day local matters and serve as the backbone of Indian villages and basic units of administration.

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1 December 2024

A Nepali candidate contesting the election shows his inked nail after casting his vote at a polling center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 1, 2024. A periodic election to elect 41 representatives in local bodies takes place in various districts of Nepal.

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27 November 2024

A person shows her inked finger after casting her vote during the simultaneous regional election in Semarang, Central Java Province, on November 27, 2024. Indonesians vote to pick local leaders in the country's biggest simultaneous regional election, in which President Prabowo Subianto seeks to consolidate his party's gains.

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20 November 2024

An Indian voter poses with her inked finger after casting her ballot during the Maharashtra state assembly elections at a polling booth in Mumbai, India, on November 20, 2024.

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20 November 2024

Brahma Kumari sisters pose with their inked fingers after casting their ballots during the Maharashtra state assembly elections at a polling booth in Mumbai, India, on November 20, 2024.

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