By Admin 
As soon as the election season comes in Bihar, the political movement intensifies. There is only one discussion at every nook-street, tea tapri, and paan shop, who will win and whose government will be formed this time. But amidst these debates, the old people must remember the special event of booth capturing for the first time in the country. This was the period when the election was not a celebration of democracy but fear and panic. Today we have EVM, security forces, media, and social media. Now if there is a disturbance, then the voice can be raised immediately. But today we are telling you the story of during the time when booths were captured in Bihar. Know how the Election Commission used to announce the results at that time?
When there was booth capturing in Bihar
Today we vote very easily. Security forces are deployed, cameras are installed, and immediate action is taken on every disturbance. However, when the country was going through the initial phase of independence in 1957, about 68 years ago, the first case of booth loot ie booth capturing came to light in Bihar. The incident took place in Rachiyahi village in Begusarai district of Bihar. Where some musclemen captured the polling station, cast fake votes and beat up the protesters.
The first general election in India was held in 1951. Then the public exposed democracy by casting his vote for the first time. But when the second election was held in 1957, then there was an attempt to crush democracy in Bihar on the strength of weapons. The Rachiyahi area of Begusarai district, which was then part of the Begusarai assembly constituency, came into the limelight when the booth capturing was open for the first time here.
How did the Election Commission announce the results?
In the 1957 election, there was no special security at polling booths, no CCTV camera, no central force (CRPF), no system to file a complaint. So when this scandal was done at the booth, then people used to get information about it from the newspapers the next day. The Election Commission also could not do anything special on this issue, and the results were declared in the same way, this incident of 1957 changed the direction of politics in Bihar. After this, elections started coming under the influence of mafia leaders, in the 1970s, this series became more dangerous. After this incident, there was gradually talk of election reforms in the country. But crimes like booth capturing in Bihar continued for many years.
At the same time, after the 1957 incident, the Election Commission started emphasizing on the deployment of security forces. Gradually the presence of central forces became necessary. The decision to bring EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) was also to stop similar disturbances. The use of technical measures like VVPAT, CCTV cameras, and flying squads began.
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