Political opponents had used a donkey ... In the early 1900s, the rooster had been the symbol of the Democratic Party. The rooster above left was adopted as the symbol for Alabama Democrats ...

The elephant became linked to the Republican Party largely due to the work of political cartoonist Thomas Nast, who is often credited with popularizing both symbols. In an 1874 cartoon published ...

Long before social media amplified the cult of personality, symbols like the donkey and the elephant began defining the identities of America’s major political parties. As campaigns evolved ...

The party’s Weekly People printed an open letter to Labor’s recently freed Hero Tom Mooney: “. . . Tom Mooney, the class prisoner, was a symbol of labor’s intolerable servitude.

Amitabh Choudhary, an ex IPS officer, formed a political party with “Comb” as its symbol. The ‘Comb’ is used by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha. As many as 28 symbols suggested by Election ...

“All candidates must submit their symbols, letter of intent to vie and clearance from Registrar of Political Parties to IEBC,” says the IEBC in an announcement to aspirants. The commission ...

A wide, quirky varoety of icons is used for nearly 1,400 political parties in India today. Photo: Election Commission of India ...

Order 1968 provides for reservation and allotment of election symbols to political parties in parliamentary and assembly polls NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday rejected a petition that ...

Political party symbols hold special significance in the Indian elections, given only 74% of the country’s population is literate. While many are familiar with the hand of the Indian National ...