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what does booth capturing and rigging mean in the elections?
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(i) Booth capturing: Supporter-s or hired musclemen of party or a candidate gain physical control of a polling booth and cast false votes by threatening everyone or by preventing genuine voters from reaching the polling booth.
(ii) Rigging: Fraud and malpractices indulged by, a parry or candidate to increase his votes. It includes stuffing ballot boxes by a few ,persons using the votes of other-s; recording multiple votes by the same person; and bribing polling officers to favour a candidate.