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Sukumar Sen and his colleagues in the IAS developed and adapted the election machinery inherited from the British Empire in India in preparation for elections on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Mar 17, 2024 · Once the elections in India were over, Sen was assigned to supervise elections in Sudan, a country that had just gained independence from British colonialists and whose voters were mostly illiterate, just like in India. He worked nine months there to set up the country’s election machinery and made it work perfectly.
Mar 16, 2024 · Sen’s tenure witnessed the introduction of pioneering electoral reforms aimed at enhancing efficiency and transparency. He spearheaded the adaptation of the electoral machinery inherited from the British Empire, ensuring the smooth conduct of elections on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Sukumar Sen and his colleagues in the IAS developed and adapted the election machinery inherited from the British Empire in India in preparation for elections on the basis of universal adult franchise.
May 25, 2024 · The astute mathematician successfully handled India’s first elections held over a five-month period from October, 1951, to March, 1952, in 68 phases and also the 1957 Lok Sabha polls.
Despite having a largely illiterate population and witnessing continuing refugee inflow, and amidst global political turmoil, India organised a mammoth democratic exercise in 1951-52.
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May 28, 2022 · It was Sukumar Sen who had devised the system of identifying parties by different symbols and colours—this method was now adapted to the Sudanese voter, who, like his Indian counterpart, was mostly illiterate. On the 14th of December 1953, after the elections were completed, Sen spoke on Sudanese radio of this ‘very happy chapter of my life’.
