[s_trumpet]

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...

[int_19h]

Russian electoral system allows for unaffiliated candidates, and spoilers usually run as such.

[unmole]

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