Himachal Pradesh: India’s oldest voter and Independent country’s first voter has cast his franchise for an unprecedented 34th time in his lifetime.
Shyam Saran Negi is 106-years-old and he cast his vote through a postal ballot in Kalpa on November 2 ahead of voting for the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh on November 12.
Born in 1917, and a teacher by profession, centenarian Negi has voted in every election after 1947, including all Lok Sabha, Assembly polls and local urban body elections.
In an extraordinary feat, Negi became the first voter of the country as polls were conducted on October 25, 1951 in Kinnaur, ahead of other parts of India which went to elections in February 1952.
Negi has also been made a state election icon in 2014.
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