He Preferred Going To Polling Station: Grandson Of Shyam Saran Negi, India's 1st Voter

India's first voter Shyam Saran Negi, who died on Saturday at his home in Himachal Pradesh's Kalpa, had insisted he wanted to cast his vote at the polling station rather than exercising franchise through postal ballot.

Taking note of his health condition, Negi was however urged to cast vote through postal ballot, his grandson Deepak Kumar told PTI.

"He was insisting that he will go and vote on November 12 at the polling station in primary school Kalpa, where he had first cast his vote but he was facing difficulty in walking and standing and was advised against going there," he said.

Three days after casting his vote for the 34th time, Shyam Saran Negi died at the age of 106.