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by s_trumpet 1753 days ago
The practice of assigning electoral symbols to each political party is also very useful for differentiating them.

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/india-election-party-s...

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Russian electoral system allows for unaffiliated candidates, and spoilers usually run as such.
Unaffiliated candidates or independents as they are called are also assigned a symbol.

The symbols of recognised political parties are fairly common knowledge and are emphasised during rge campaign