<p>The marking of the left forefinger of every voter with indelible ink is a statutory requirement.</p>.<p>The ink was supplied by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.</p>.<p>3,16,707 phials of indelible ink were used in the 1957 elections, as compared to 3,89,816 phials in the first general elections.</p>
<p>The marking of the left forefinger of every voter with indelible ink is a statutory requirement.</p>.<p>The ink was supplied by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.</p>.<p>3,16,707 phials of indelible ink were used in the 1957 elections, as compared to 3,89,816 phials in the first general elections.</p>