<p>AAP wants EC to tweak battery torch symbol<br /><br />The Aam Aadmi Party has approached the Election Commission for getting a similar-looking election symbol tweaked. <br /><br />The party leaders say that the battery torch symbol, which was used in 15 constituencies during the Delhi Assembly election, may have cost the party at least two seats. <br /><br />In order to avoid confusion in the Lok Sabha polls AAP has made a plea to the Election Commission, urging to narrow the torch beam. “This will help voters to distinguish it with AAP’s broom symbol,” said senior party leader Ashish Talwar.<br /><br />In the two constituencies — Janakpuri and Kalkaji — where AAP lost to BJP, the winning margin was less than the number of votes cast for the independent candidates, who were contesting on the torch symbol. <br /><br />In Kalkaji, Dharmender Kumar had managed 3,092 votes contesting on the torch symbol. AAP’s Dharambir Singh lost to the BJP here by a margin of 2,044 votes. <br /><br />In Janakpuri, AAP candidate Rajesh Rishi lagged behind his BJP competitor by 2,644. Sanjay Puri, the independent whose election symbol too was the torch, had managed 4,332 votes here.<br /><br />According to party’s findings, the independent candidates with torch symbol had managed more polls than those contesting without it. <br /><br />Talwar said the Election Commission has conceded to the party’s request. Therefore with the likely elimination of the symbol confusion, the party is confident to do better in the first-past-the-post system.</p>
<p>AAP wants EC to tweak battery torch symbol<br /><br />The Aam Aadmi Party has approached the Election Commission for getting a similar-looking election symbol tweaked. <br /><br />The party leaders say that the battery torch symbol, which was used in 15 constituencies during the Delhi Assembly election, may have cost the party at least two seats. <br /><br />In order to avoid confusion in the Lok Sabha polls AAP has made a plea to the Election Commission, urging to narrow the torch beam. “This will help voters to distinguish it with AAP’s broom symbol,” said senior party leader Ashish Talwar.<br /><br />In the two constituencies — Janakpuri and Kalkaji — where AAP lost to BJP, the winning margin was less than the number of votes cast for the independent candidates, who were contesting on the torch symbol. <br /><br />In Kalkaji, Dharmender Kumar had managed 3,092 votes contesting on the torch symbol. AAP’s Dharambir Singh lost to the BJP here by a margin of 2,044 votes. <br /><br />In Janakpuri, AAP candidate Rajesh Rishi lagged behind his BJP competitor by 2,644. Sanjay Puri, the independent whose election symbol too was the torch, had managed 4,332 votes here.<br /><br />According to party’s findings, the independent candidates with torch symbol had managed more polls than those contesting without it. <br /><br />Talwar said the Election Commission has conceded to the party’s request. Therefore with the likely elimination of the symbol confusion, the party is confident to do better in the first-past-the-post system.</p>